'We Were All Just Pretty Stunned': Kansas City Police Officer Caught on Video Kneeing Man in the Face While He's Handcuff and Lying on His Stomach. Now Cop Is Facing Double Consequences

'We Were All Just Pretty Stunned': Kansas City Police Officer Caught on Video Kneeing Man in the Face While He's Handcuff and Lying on His Stomach. Now Cop Is Facing Double Consequences

A Missouri police officer working off-duty security in the Kansas City suburb of Westport now faces both criminal charges and a civil lawsuit after a bystander captured video of him kneeing a restrained man in the neck during an arrest in July 2024. Kansas City Officer Christopher Showalter was indicted last week by a Jackson County grand jury on a misdemeanor fourth-degree assault charge. Video shows a Kansas City police officer kneeing a man …