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Kansas City Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Violating Rights

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 A former Missouri police officer has pleaded guilty to violating the constitutional rights of a minor by deliberately dropping the restrained teenager face-first onto the ground. 

Federal prosecutors say former Independence officer Timothy Runnels admitted his role in the September 2014 confrontation with 17-year-old Bryce Masters. Prosecutors say Runnels used a stun gun on Masters even though the youth was not a threat. Masters then went into cardiac arrest.

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