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‘This was not use of force -- it was a criminal act:’ Florida officers charged with punching intoxicated man
FORT PIERCE, Fla. – FORT PIERCE, Fla.Two Florida police officers are facing charges after video showed one of them slapping and then repeatedly punching an intoxicated man who was yelling at them at a hospital.Fort Pierce police officer Albert Eckrode, 32, resigned Friday and was charged with felony battery and official misconduct and a misdemeanor count of filing a false police report, Chief Diane Hobley-Burney told reporters Monday according to the TCPalm website. Officer Monica Frederic, 27, is charged with misdemeanor filing a false police report and is suspended without pay.“This was not use of force — it was a criminal act,” Hobley-Burney said.A soundless three-minute video from the hospital's security system from Feb.