Former MPD officer faces criminal charge
Charges follow investigation by The Daily Memphian
The Shell gas station at 2400 Airways Blvd., is where former Memphis Police Officer William Skelton arrested and abused a vandalism suspect, Drew Thomas, pepper spraying him in the face four times as he sat in handcuffs in the back of the squad car. Thomas was accused of vandalizing a food display at the gas station's convenience store. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
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A former MPD officer accused of pepper spraying a handcuffed, mentally ill man is the second law enforcement officer to face criminal charges brought by a new prosecution unit aimed at cracking down on police brutality.
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