In 2015, Detective Pete Butcher was involved in the interrogation of Jerahmia Hardman, who was accused of sexual abuse. Butcher and another officer allegedly coerced a false confession from Hardman and failed to preserve video evidence of the interrogation. A judge dismissed the charges against Hardman in 2017, citing concerns over the missing footage and the authenticity of the confession. Hardman subsequently filed a lawsuit seeking over $7.5 million, alleging violations of his civil rights. This was not an isolated incident; in 2016, Roosevelt paid $500,000 to settle a lawsuit involving Butcher’s coercive tactics in another case.
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