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08-15-2008, 06:20 PM
Officers indicted in USC player arrest
Written by JOSEPH PERSON
jperson @thestate.com
Posted on 08.15.08
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Kevin Young
A Richland County grand jury this week indicted two city of Columbia police officers accused of using excessive force against a South Carolina football player while arresting him last spring.
Officers Roger Gilland and David Beddingfield Jr. face one count each of misconduct in office stemming from their arrest of Gamecocks offensive lineman Kevin Young on March 2, according to the indictments obtained by The State on Friday.
Fifth Circuit solicitor Barney Giese sought the indictments after reviewing the findings from a SLED investigation that lasted nearly three months and included interviews with Young and several witnesses.
Solicitor spokesperson Babs Lindsay said a bond hearing for Gilland and Beddingfield has been tentatively scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Richland County Courthouse. Lindsay declined to comment further.
If convicted, the officers could face a maximum penalty of a $1,000 fine and one year in prison. Columbia Police chief Tandy Carter declined to comment until he has seen the indictments.
Young, a 6-foot-5, 311-pound native of Clearwater, Fla., claims officers punched him repeatedly and bloodied his nose while subduing him following a fight with a West Columbia man outside a Five Points bar.
Attorneys for the officers believe their clients will be vindicated.
Police dropped fighting and resisting arrest charges against the 20-year-old Young a few weeks after his attorney, Neal Lourie, filed a formal complaint with the city.
Kevin McCrarey, a local sports-talk radio host who witnessed the incident, said that Young "got beat up by police." McCrarey, who co-hosts the South Carolina News Network’s SportsTalk show, met with SLED investigators in March.
Young, who is listed as USC’s third-team right guard, has been sidelined the entire preseason as he recovers from shoulder surgery in the spring.
The treatment of USC athletes by authorities came under scrutiny last week when longtime USC trustee Eddie Floyd and Lourie said they believe campus police have targeted Gamecock players and overstepped their duties while investigating and making arrests.
Young's arrest did not involve USC campus police.
http://www.thestate.com/gogamecocks/story/491684.html
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Finally, some justice hopefully for our football players...
Written by JOSEPH PERSON
jperson @thestate.com
Posted on 08.15.08
http://media.thestate.com/smedia/2008/08/15/15/864-kevinyoung.highlight_medium.prod_affiliate.74.jpg
Kevin Young
A Richland County grand jury this week indicted two city of Columbia police officers accused of using excessive force against a South Carolina football player while arresting him last spring.
Officers Roger Gilland and David Beddingfield Jr. face one count each of misconduct in office stemming from their arrest of Gamecocks offensive lineman Kevin Young on March 2, according to the indictments obtained by The State on Friday.
Fifth Circuit solicitor Barney Giese sought the indictments after reviewing the findings from a SLED investigation that lasted nearly three months and included interviews with Young and several witnesses.
Solicitor spokesperson Babs Lindsay said a bond hearing for Gilland and Beddingfield has been tentatively scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Richland County Courthouse. Lindsay declined to comment further.
If convicted, the officers could face a maximum penalty of a $1,000 fine and one year in prison. Columbia Police chief Tandy Carter declined to comment until he has seen the indictments.
Young, a 6-foot-5, 311-pound native of Clearwater, Fla., claims officers punched him repeatedly and bloodied his nose while subduing him following a fight with a West Columbia man outside a Five Points bar.
Attorneys for the officers believe their clients will be vindicated.
Police dropped fighting and resisting arrest charges against the 20-year-old Young a few weeks after his attorney, Neal Lourie, filed a formal complaint with the city.
Kevin McCrarey, a local sports-talk radio host who witnessed the incident, said that Young "got beat up by police." McCrarey, who co-hosts the South Carolina News Network’s SportsTalk show, met with SLED investigators in March.
Young, who is listed as USC’s third-team right guard, has been sidelined the entire preseason as he recovers from shoulder surgery in the spring.
The treatment of USC athletes by authorities came under scrutiny last week when longtime USC trustee Eddie Floyd and Lourie said they believe campus police have targeted Gamecock players and overstepped their duties while investigating and making arrests.
Young's arrest did not involve USC campus police.
http://www.thestate.com/gogamecocks/story/491684.html
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Finally, some justice hopefully for our football players...