CANTON ‒ The Canton Police Department is reviewing the actions of an officer who it says kicked a suspect in the chest while he was kneeling on the ground during an arrest on Saturday.
In a press release issued Monday afternoon, the department said it was aware of a 24-second video circulating on social media involving an arrest on Morris Avenue NE in which the person was kicked by an officer.
Police Chief John Gabbard said in a prepared statement that the department’s officers “frequently face stressful, dangerous situations and confrontations with armed suspects. Their dedication to the community has resulted in exceptional reductions in violence, especially gun violence over the past two years…