The Latest: Suspect faces fugitive-from-justice violation
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on a high-speed police pursuit from Massachusetts to New Hampshire caught on video that showed police pummeling a suspect who appeared to be surrendering (all times local):
A suspect who appears on a news helicopter videotape to be surrendering to police before officers use force on him is facing a fugitive-from-justice violation in New Hampshire and a return to Massachusetts to face charges there.
News helicopter video of the pursuit Wednesday showed Simone later stepping slowly out of his truck, kneeling and putting his hands on the ground before several officers rushed him.
The legal director of the ACLU in New Hampshire says the force used by police on a suspect who appeared to be surrendering following a pursuit was "significant."
News helicopter video of the pursuit Wednesday showed 50-year-old Richard Simone, of Worcester, Massachusetts, stepping slowly out of his truck in Nashua, New Hampshire, kneeling and putting his hands on the ground before several officers rushed him.
News helicopter video of the police pursuit Wednesday showed Richard Simone, of Worcester, Massachusetts, stepping slowly out of his truck, kneeling and putting his hands on the ground before several officers rushed him.