Attorneys for SC State Trooper, Steven Garren, are expected to be in court today bringing several requests before a judge in Columbia SC.
Lance Cpl. Garren was shown on his patrol unit’s dash camera chasing and ultimately hitting a man who fled after a traffic stop in Greenwood in 2007. The suspect is shown on video flipping over Garren’s car. Garren is later heard in the video saying to another officer "I nailed the (expletive) out of him."
Along with other requests, Garren’s attorneys are set to ask that prosecutors turn over dash camera video from other officer’s patrol units who were also on scene.
Garren’s trial is scheduled to begin September 29, 2008, in Greenville, SC.
Garren was suspended after he was indicted by a federal grand jury with a charge of willfully depriving a man of his constitutional right to be free from the use of unreasonable force by a police officer. If found guilty Garren faces up to 10 years in prison.
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