Ex-Louisiana officer pleads guilty in excessive force case

MONROE, La. — A former north Louisiana police officer pleaded responsible Friday to kicking a person within the face as he lay on the bottom together with his palms behind his again throughout an arrest in 2020, federal prosecutors stated.

Jared Desadier, 44, of Monroe, entered the plea earlier than U.S. District Choose Elizabeth Foote to a cost of deprivation of rights beneath colour of regulation, U.S. Lawyer Brandon B. Brown’s workplace stated in a information launch.

On the time, Desadier was an officer with the Monroe Police Division. Authorities stated Desadier and different officers detained a person for questioning and located he was carrying drug paraphernalia. The person ran and officers pursued him. One other officer caught up with the person and ordered him to the bottom. The person complied and because the officer ready to handcuff him, Desadier ran up on them and kicked the person within the face, authorities stated.

Desadier admitted in court docket that his assault was with out justification, as the person didn’t current a menace to any officer or different individual on the scene, Brown’s workplace stated. Desadier additionally admitted that he knew that his actions had been unjustified and unreasonable beneath the circumstances.

“As an alternative of lawfully finishing up his sworn duties as a regulation enforcement officer, Desadier abused his authority by assaulting and injuring an arrestee who was not a menace,” stated Assistant Lawyer Normal Kristen Clarke of the Division of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. “The Justice Division will proceed to vigorously prosecute any officer who abuses the general public belief through the use of extreme drive with out foundation.”

Desadier faces as much as 10 years in jail, three years of supervised launch and a fantastic of as much as $250,000. Sentencing is ready for Nov. 21.