[WATCH] Euclid Police Officer Involved in Violent Arrest Fired

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[WATCH] Euclid Police Officer Involved in Violent Arrest Fired

October 15th, 2017

Awake Goy

The Euclid police officer captured on video punching a black motorist after a traffic stop has been fired.

Patrol officer Michael Amiott, who had nearly completed a 45-day suspension stemming from his actions during the Aug. 12 traffic stop, was terminated on Oct. 13, said Euclid Mayor Kirsten Gail in a news release.

“Effective October 13th, 2017, Michael Amiott’s employment as a Police Officer with the City of Euclid, Ohio has been terminated,” Gail stated in the news release issued the same day.

A video viewed millions of times on Facebook shows Amiott punching 25-year-old Richard Hubbard III of Cleveland more than a dozen times and hitting his head on pavement several times after Amiott stopped him for passing stop bar pavement markings.

In the aftermath of the incident, Euclid Police Chief Scott Meyer suspended Amiott without pay for 15 days and recommended that Gail suspend him for an additional 30 days, which she did Sept. 1. Amiott’s suspension was slated to end Oct. 15.

Gail, in the Oct. 13 news release, said that during Amiott’s suspension for various rule violations, her office received further complaints regarding Amiott’s professional conduct.

“After a review, I found Amiott to have violated additional departmental rules, including conduct unbecoming and courtesy, calling into serious question his suitability as a Euclid Police Officer,” she said. “As mayor and public safety director, it is my responsibility to ensure that the Euclid Police Department serves the public professionally, courteously, and conscientiously.”

Amiott has been with the Euclid Police Department since 2014. He joined the department five months after he resigned rather than be fired from the Mentor Police Department for lying about why he stopped a man for a suspended license.

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