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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Erin Keller

Former cop compares himself to Jesus before he is sentenced in police brutality case

Ex-Northwoods Police Officer Samuel Davis, 28, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for the brutal 2023 beating of a shoplifting suspect - (St. Louis County Police Department)

A former Missouri police officer compared himself to Jesus before being sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaving a shoplifting suspect beaten, bloodied and with a broken jaw.

Former Northwoods Police Officer Samuel Davis, 28, was convicted in March of violating Charles Garmon’s civil rights after prosecutors said he drove Garmon from a Walgreens on July 4, 2023, to a Kinloch field several jurisdictions away instead of taking him to jail.

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