3 White Ewing Cops (NJ) Indicted by US Attorney for Repeatedly Stepping on the Back of a Black Teenager's Head while He was Handcuffed and Lying Face Down in the Snow

From [HERE] Three white Ewing cops were indicted on federal charges Friday after they were caught on tape stomping on the head of a handcuffed Black teenager while he was prone on his stomach during an arrest in 2018. He does not appear to be resisting in the video.

The indictment, unsealed Friday, charges Officers Matthew Przemieniecki, Justin Ubry and retired Lt. Michael Delahanty each with civil-rights deprivation under color of law for their roles in the Jan. 5, 2018 beating of a 16-year-old Black teenager from Burlington, according to the indictment obtained by The Trentonian.

Delahanty, 51, of Robbinsville, and Przemieniecki, 43, of Hamilton, both face felonies carrying up to 10 years in jail if they’re convicted. Ubry, 33, of Burlington, is charged with a misdemeanor count carrying a maximum of a year in prison. All face fines ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 if convicted.

The indictment states as follows:

On the morning of January 5, 2018, in Ewing Township, New Jersey, the ground was covered in snow and ice and the temperature was well below freezing.

On January 5, 2018, ETPD officers responded to a report of a stolen vehicle in Ewing Township. Officers located the vehicle, which had been involved in a motor vehicle accident in Ewing Township. Law enforcement observed Victim 1, the driver of the vehicle, running away from the scene of the accident.

Thereafter, ETPD officers found Victim 1 inside a detached shed located at the rear of a residential property in Ewing Township. Officers 1 and 2 physically removed Victim 1 from the shed and brought Victim 1 to the ground, which was covered in snow.

While Victim 1 was lying face down on the ground, Officers 1, 2, and 3 began to handcuff Victim 1. Multiple other ETPD officers, including defendants DELAHANTY, PRZEMIENIECKI, and UBRY, stood nearby and observed the arrest in progress.

Victim 1 did not physically resist ETPD officers at any time.

While Officers 1, 2, and 3 handcuffed Victim 1 and while Victim 1 remained lying face down, defendant DELAHANTY, unprompted, stepped on the back of Victim 1's head, pressing it into the snow.

Immediately thereafter, defendant PRZEMIENIECKI stepped closer to Victim 1 and kicked snow three times directly into Victim l's face.

Immediately thereafter, defendant UBRY stepped closer to Victim 1 and kicked snow directly into Victim 1's face.

After Officers 1, 2, and 3 handcuffed Victim 1, defendant PRZEMIENIECKI again approached Victim 1 and stepped on the back of Victim 1's head, again pressing it into the snow.

Officers 1, 2, and 3 did not request or require additional assistance from other ETPD officers in handcuffing Victim 1. Under the circumstances, the force that defendants DELAHANTY, PRZEMIENIECKI, and UBRY applied to Victim 1 as described in paragraphs 5 through 8, above, was unreasonable and excessive.