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NEW!295sharesCLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland’s safety director on Thursday suspended three officers saying they failed to intervene in or report an incident in which a fellow officer stepped on a man’s throat during an arrest.Safety Director Karrie Howard issued 21-day suspensions for officers Michael Cozart II and Richard Delvecchio and a 14-day suspension for officer Patrick Valencic.The department disciplined the trio and seven others following the Sept. 4, 2018 incident, including John Petkac, who was fired. The department suspended five officers between 13 and 30 days. It also fired Howard Hart for his role in the incident and for smoking crack cocaine.Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association President Jeff Follmer said he would appeal the discipline of every officer involved in the case. He also criticized Howard. “This is what the U.S. Department of Justice always wanted -- a safety director that would carry out heavy discipline,” Follmer said. “It’s sad again that he issues press releases about good officers getting discipline and not about crime reduction efforts in our city. I look forward to the day when we go to arbitration, get these suspensions reversed and the city gets an education on just cause for discipline.” All three officer’s disciplinary letters said they failed to report Petkac’s use of force accurately, and that caused supervisors to be unable to understand what happened.Body camera video showed Petkac chased after a man after responding to a domestic disturbance call. He found the man hiding in a garbage can, which he tipped over. He dragged the man by the hair and stepped on his throat, the video showed.A slew of other officers arrived. The man fell to the ground as Petkac walked him to his cruiser, but it’s unclear from the video why. Petkac then shoved the man into the side of the police cruiser before putting him inside the car.Petkac was fired for two other excessive use of force incidents, including one in which he shot a man with a stun gun because the man was “armed with” a jug of anti-freeze, according to city records and body camera video. In the third incident, he shot someone with a stun-gun who was “passively resisting.” City officials have not released additional information or the body camera video in that incident.Read more from cleveland.com:Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.

NEW!295sharesCLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland’s safety director on Thursday suspended three officers saying they failed to intervene in or report an incident in which a fellow officer stepped on a man’s throat during an arrest.Safety Director Karrie Howard issued 21-day suspensions for officers Michael Cozart II and Richard Delvecchio and a 14-day suspension for officer Patrick Valencic.The department disciplined the trio and seven others following the Sept. 4, 2018 incident, including John Petkac, who was fired. The department suspended five officers between 13 and 30 days. It also fired...

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