U.S. District Court Judge has made
a ruling that a video showing Meriden Ct. cop Evan J. Cossette pushing a suspect into a jail
cell could be entered into evidence. The Meriden cop is charged with violating
a suspect's civil rights of Pedro Temich.
Cossette is accused of pushing Temich, who was handcuffed after he was
arrested and was highly intoxicated, backwards into a cell on May 1, 2010, then
lying about the incident in reports he filed. Temich hit his head on a concrete
bench during the fall and suffered a deep laceration that required about 12
staples to close.
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