Officer Detail: Anthony J. Catoggio

Richmond Police officers attack a crowd of everyday citizens protesting the police killing of George Floyd with chemical weapons and physical violence. Two years later, a federal court ordered the Richmond Police Department to correct the record with an admission that it had lied about the circumstances of the attack (it did so with a tweet). While multiple lawsuits, complaints, and inquiries emerged from the terror of that day, no officer was fired as a result of their conduct on June 1, 2020.

After harassing Mark Hammond at a traffic stop in March, Kelly Morley and Anthony Catoggio harassed him again in September 2010, this time driving to his house. Catoggio assaulted Hammond on his front lawn and punched him repeatedly before arresting him; when Hammond moved, Catoggio whispered in his ear, "If you touch me, I'll kill you." Catoggio asphyxiated Hammond, a Black man, until he passed out. Catoggio and Morley were not assigned to patrol together that evening, according to 2011 court documents from Hammond v Morley. The case settled out of court.

This incident is flagged as suspicious.

Officer Anthony Catoggio was harassing Rhonda Jones at booking in the city jail, watched her get a severe injury, forcibly grabbed her and "roughed her up", then denied her medical attention. ("Jones v. Catoggia et al"). Catoggio used a forceful maneuver of her arm to injure her similar to one he used against Mark Hammond in another questionable incident.