Texas Police Officer Recorded Pepper Spraying Bikers

Texas Police Officer Recorded Pepper Spraying Bikers

Another day, another instance of cops abusing their power according to DFW.CBS

Police have opened an investigation into a Forth Worth police officer after someone caught him on video allegedly pepper spraying some passing bikers.

Officer W. Figueroa, a six year veteran was removed from uniformed patrol duties today, according to Cpl. Tracey Knight with the Fort Worth Police Department. He was placed in an administrative capacity pending the investigation. Figueroa documented the entire incident in a report as well as on two cameras – his body camera and the dash cam of the patrol car.

But the video, which began to show up on social media sites today and allegedly shows Figueroa, was taken from the perspective of a man on a motorcycle.

Chase Stone was one of about 20 other riders going south on 287 when they came upon Officer Figueroa who had pulled over a red pickup truck. As they passed, Stone said he was shocked when the officer grabbed his pepper spray from his belt and sprayed it toward him and other bikers. The video shows it all.