NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans police officer accused of beating a community activist was fired Monday, while another officer accused in the same beating will be disciplined, the police superintendent said.
The two were among a group of seven plainclothes officers in the French Quarter last December who were accused of handcuffing and beating Ronald Coleman, 25. The other five were cleared.
Officer Reynolds Rigney Jr., who joined the police force in 2004, was fired, police Superintendent Warren Riley said. Sgt. Jake Schnapp Jr. was out of town, and no action will be taken until he returns, Riley said. He refused to say what penalty Schnapp faces.
In the Dec. 30 …
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