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Incident IAD-2020-0038
| Date | May 31, 2020 |
| Time | 09:12 PM |
| Report # | IAD-2020-0038 |
| Department | Richmond Police Department |
| Officers | Seth Walker Layton , Cleophas Alexander Williams |
| Address |
1000 block East Marshall Street
Richmond, VA |
Incident Description
In the summer of 2020, Layton, along with Officers Nicholas Caesar and Cleophas Williams, was named in an Internal Affairs complaint (I.A.D. 2020-0038) alleging abuse of chemical weapons and the use of excessive force on two individuals, one a journalist, during a police attack on a protest in early June.
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"Public radio reporter pepper sprayed, knocked to the ground in Richmond"
U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
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"After showing my badge and yelling “I am with the press” a @RichmondPolice officer..."
"After showing my badge and yelling “I am with the press” a @RichmondPolice officer sprayed pepper spray in my face and shoved me to the ground. Had “3397” on his helmet. I’m out. @myVPM #Richmond #GeorgeFloydProtests - Robert Rolden (via Twitter, Archived)
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I.A.D. 2020-0038
Richmond Police Internal Affairs (Via DocumentCloud)