1 HOU Cop Charged w/Felony for Beating a Black Man w/Steel Handcuffs. Other Cops (not charged) Slammed Him Into the Pavement and Pulled His Pants Down Exposing His Buttocks/Genitals in Public View

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From [HERE] and [HERE] When Aundre Howard, a Black man, fled from Houston police during a traffic stop in 2019, one of the officers was caught on body camera footage telling his partner to “shoot his ass” as they pursued. When that officer finally caught up to Howard, he used a pair of handcuffs wrapped around his left hand like a pair of brass knuckles to repeatedly punch the fleeing man in the back of the head.

Now, the former police officer has been indicted.

Lucas Vieira, 31, a four-year-veteran with the Houston Police Department, was indicted by a Harris County District Court grand jury on July 9. Two days later, the Houston Police Department announced that it had fired Vieira months ago, in April. If convicted, he faces up to 99 years in prison as well as a $10,000 fine.

"What this does is, it sends a message to the Houston Police Department that excessive force will not be tolerated. The DA will prosecute police misconduct and the days of using excessive force, hopefully, are over, " Attorney Randall Kallinen, who is representing Howard, told Oxygen.com on Wednesday. 

The indictment also comes just over three months after Howard, 34, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing Vieira of unjustly striking him and of violating his right to unjust search and due process. The suit says Vieria violated Howard’s Fourth and 14th Amendment rights, assault and battery, failure to intervene, and mental anguish.

“Mr. Howard suffered great pain, contusions, humiliation, anxiety, fear, loss of sleep, headaches, and other mental anguish as a result of the defendant’s actions,” according to the lawsuit, which was provided to VICE News by Howard’s attorney, Randall Kallinen. 

On Sunday, the Houston Police Department tweeted a statement indicating that Vieria had been placed on indefinite suspension on April 16 by the department’s new chief, Troy Finner. A spokesman for the department said that he is “no longer an HPD employee” but is appealing the decision, NBC News reported.

The encounter with police occurred July 7, 2019, when Vieira initiated a stop on Howard’s vehicle for expired registration. According to Vieira’s attorney James Siscoe, police noticed marijuana on Howard’s center console when they first approached the car during the traffic stop, prompting a search. Police placed Howard in handcuffs, but they found nothing. As Officer Serrano began to put on rubber gloves for a cavity search, Howard began to run from police toward a nearby freeway, according to the lawsuit.

While the brief chase ensued Officer Vieira shouted for Officer Serrano to shoot Mr. Howard twice with Mr. Howard’s back to him and even shouted “BOP BOP BOP BOP.” Officer Vieira used many expletives. This terrified Mr. Howard so greatly, he defecated.

The chase only lasted one city block before Vieria caught up with Howard. The officer then allegedly used his handcuffs as “brass knuckles” and bashed Howard in the back of the head at least three times. Ofc Serrano saw this obvious excessive force and did nothing. Howard, who says he fled in fear of his life, can be heard telling officers “alright, you got it!” as Vieira throws the punches, according to body camera footage.

According to the complaint:

While walking back to the squad car Officer Vieira pokes Mr. Howard in the head for no legal reason. While walking back to the squad car Officer Vieira with Officer Serrano and the other force Mr. Howard’s head down for no legal reason.

When the HPD officers get back to the squad car they slam Mr. Howard on the squad car and pull downs his pants and shorts revealing Mr. Howard’s buttocks, genitals and feces, all the while using pain techniques without valid reason. The HPD officers then force Mr. Howard to the pavement and cause contusions to his face.

With Mr. Howard on the pavement and pants down with buttocks and feces and genitals showing in public view HPD officer Nadeem Aslam (Officer Aslam) arrives and searches Mr. Howard’s car. During Officer Aslam’s arrival and search of the vehicle Mr. Howard is in full view of Mr. Howard. Officer Aslam does nothing by words or action to stop the illegal search of Mr. Howard does not report any violations of HPD policy as is required by HPD policy.

With Mr. Howard still on the pavement and pants down another HPD officer, who Officer Vieira calls “boss,’ arrives and observes Mr. Howard in the publicly visible area with his buttocks and genitals exposed. This officer does nothing by words or actions to prevent this humiliation nor does he report any officer for illegal search or other HPD violations.

HPD Sgt. Earl Attebury arrives and Officer Vieira admits to Sgt. Attebury, with Officer Serrano present, that while handcuffed he used his handcuffs to hit Mr. Howard in the back of his head. Officer Vieira also admits to Sgt. Attebury about the threat to shoot Mr. Howard. Sgt. Attebury sees Mr. Howard in the publicly visible area with his buttocks, feces and genitals exposed and does nothing by words or actions to prevent this humiliation. Sgt. Attebury does not report any HPD officer for illegal search, excessive force or other HPD violations.

There are other HPD officers present, as observed on the body camera videos, who witness Mr. Howard on the ground with his buttocks and genitals publicly exposed who do nothing about it. No HPD officer referenced above reports any other for any policy violation of the Houston Police Department.

The lawsuit also alleges that the officers pushed his arms over his head from behind as a pain technique as he lay there handcuffed and defenseless

Siscoe says his client only hit Howard in the shoulder and that only one of the hits managed to strike the man in the head. He also says that Serrano found 18 grams of cocaine immediately next to where officers caught up with Howard.

Howard was initially charged with felony evading arrest and possession of cocaine, but those charges were dropped, according to Houston Public Media. No weapons were found in his vehicle, according to the suit.