In order to build trust in the community, a Delaware cop who was caught on video kicking an innocent man in the face, shattering the man’s jaw, will be paid $230,000 to resign.
The city of Dover says this the settlement with Thomas Webster IV is in the “best interest of the community” because it guarantees he will no longer work as a city police officer.
But the settlement has no effect on his law enforcement license, so he can be hired by any other agency in the state or country for that matter.
Meanwhile, the man whose face he kicked in 2013 in a case of mistaken identity, Lateef Dickerson, received a $15,000 settlement in December.
That settlement was made after a jury found Webster was acquitted of a felony assault and misdemeanor assault.
The jury went with the old “split second” to react justification, saying Webster had the right to kick an innocent man in the face because he happened to be at the same store where a fight had broken out.
But Dickerson had nothing to do with the fight.
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