Florida cop on leave after video of him tossing peanuts to prisoner
Source: Toronto Sun
A Florida police officer has been placed on leave after jail video showed him throwing peanuts to a handcuffed homeless man as though feeding an animal, authorities said on Tuesday.
A surveillance video from inside the Sarasota County Jail showed Officer Andrew Halpin of the Sarasota Police Department standing near the man and trying to toss peanuts into the man's mouth, according to the video released Monday by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
The man is unable to catch the peanuts and they land on the floor. The 2 1/2-minute video continues with the man, wearing a medical boot on his left foot, sinking to the floor trying to scoop up the peanuts with his mouth.
Halpin, who has been with the department since 2006, is seen pointing at the man from behind the counter, drawing the attention of other officers and then coming near the man and kicking the peanuts toward him on the floor.
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