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3 years ago today, cops killed Zachary Bear Heels in Omaha while he was having a mental health
crisis. A few weeks ago, the cops who killed him were reinstated.
https://www.omaha.com/news/crime/arbitrators-reinstate-3-omaha-police-officers-uphold-anothers-termination-in-bearheels-case/article_939bf3a3-728b-5b3d-88b3-08d6334cc782.html
Arbitrators reinstate 3 Omaha police officers, uphold another's termination in BearHeels case
Arbitrators reviewing the performance of four Omaha police officers involved in the death of an American Indian man in 2017 have upheld the termination of one officer and ruled that the other three should return to the force.
Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer fired Officers Scotty Payne, Ryan McClarty, Jennifer Strudl and Makyla Mead for the way they handled Zachary BearHeels on June 5, 2017.
Police were called to the Bucky’s convenience store at 60th and Center Streets because BearHeels, 29, was refusing to leave.
After a struggle involving officers, including Strudl and Mead, Payne shocked BearHeels a dozen times with a Taser — some of the shocks coming while BearHeels was handcuffed and sitting limply against the rear tire of an Omaha police cruiser. McClarty punched BearHeels repeatedly after BearHeels ripped his hand free from a handcuff.
Arbitrators reviewing the performance of four Omaha police officers involved in the death of an American Indian man in 2017 have upheld the termination of one officer and ruled that the other three should return to the force.
Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer fired Officers Scotty Payne, Ryan McClarty, Jennifer Strudl and Makyla Mead for the way they handled Zachary BearHeels on June 5, 2017.
Police were called to the Bucky’s convenience store at 60th and Center Streets because BearHeels, 29, was refusing to leave.
After a struggle involving officers, including Strudl and Mead, Payne shocked BearHeels a dozen times with a Taser — some of the shocks coming while BearHeels was handcuffed and sitting limply against the rear tire of an Omaha police cruiser. McClarty punched BearHeels repeatedly after BearHeels ripped his hand free from a handcuff.
Gotta go pretttttttty deep in the story to learn that BearHeels was kicked off a bus in Omaha from South Dakota to Oklahoma, where he was going and was clearly having a mental health crisis. His mother has brought a civil suit against the city.
