LAPD Officer Mary O’Callaghan, who kicked Alesia Thomas to death in the back seat of a patrol car, was convicted of “assault under color of authority” by a Los Angeles jury today.
“A dashboard camera in a police cruiser captured O’Callaghan kicking the handcuffed Thomas in the backseat seven times in the groin, abdomen and upper thigh, prosecutors said. Thomas lost consciousness and was pronounced dead at a hospital, CBS News reports.
But “O’Callaghan was not charged with Thomas’ death,” CBS says, although she “has been relieved of duty without pay pending an administrative hearing.”