Incident
| Date | Nov 27, 2014 |
| Department | Buffalo Police Department |
| Officers | Corey R. Krug |
| Address | Buffalo, NY |
Incident Description
Buffalo police officer confronted Devon Ford on Chippewa Street slammed him onto a car, took him to the ground and then hit him six times with a nightstick.
"I just remember being on my back, saying 'I didn't do anything, I didn't do anything," Ford told a federal court jury.
Outcome
Krug was temporarily suspended. A jury found Buffalo Police Officer Krug not guilty of two counts of deprivation of constitutional rights in the November 2014 use-of-force case.
Links
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'I just remember being on my back,' witness says in police brutality trial
Lackawanna man is at the center of a civil rights trial that focuses on three separate incidents of alleged brutality by Officer Corey Krug, including his encounter with the officer early Thanksgiving morning four years ago. - Buffalo News | Phil Fairbanks
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Jury finds Buffalo police officer Corey Krug not guilty of civil rights charges in 2014 incident
A jury has found Buffalo Police Officer Corey Krug not guilty of two counts of deprivation of constitutional rights in the November 2014 use-of-force case. - WKBW
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DEVON FORD - v. - COREY KRUG et al
Civil complaint against Krug and City - Erie County Supreme Court
Videos
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Police Officer Corey Krug caught on camera beating a man, now suspended
Buffalo Police Officer Corey Krug was caught on camera by WKBW 7 Eyewitness News Photographers, hitting a man with his baton, early on Thanksgiving morning. With his nightstick in hand, Officer Corey Krug stormed down Chippewa Street, early Thanksgiving morning. Video shows him going to confront a man, who was seemingly about to get into a fight. But confrontation quickly turned physical. Officers rushed to the scene. Krug told the man on the ground to get up. The officer winds up and swings his baton again. - WKBW