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Complain About Cayo Cop
posted (December 6, 2016)
On Saturday, San Ignacio police arrested Kurt Morgan and his common law wife Shaun Gardener. Police searched the couple on Burns Avenue, while a friend of theirs smoked marijuana. Both Morgan and Gardener had charges against them dropped in the Magistrate's Court yesterday when their friend pled guilty to possession. But even though they have been cleared in court, the common law couple says they've been mistreated. According to them, one police officer, who is an often criticized former GSU officer, used excessive force during their arrest. Morgan came to our studio to tell us more...

Kurt Morgan, Says GSU Abused Him
"What happened this weekend on Saturday night was that he came to conduct a search on me and I gave him to conduct this search. When he finished, he found nothing on me. My common-law wife asked him what's the problem and he said he didn't want to hear anything. She told him 'but you are harassing my common law husband' and he said he didn't give an F about that. He hit her in the face, grabbed her, threw her on the ground and told her that he's going to take her to the station too and hand cuffed her from behind. He man handled her and took her to the vehicle and tried to push her in, but he could get her in from the front so he took her and dragged her to the back and stuffed her in the back of the vehicle."

Alex Courtenay, 7News
"Also at that time, he had arrested you correct?"

Kurt Morgan, Says GSU Abused Him
"Yes sir, I told him to stop hitting my common law wife and he didn't say much to be just asked 'what are you going to do?'. I told her he's taking advantage of my wife and when I was pointing to him and telling him that, he took a baton and hit me on my hand then punched me in my face. He made another officer hand cuff me to the back. But I was taken to the station because they said they found a little bit of marijuana."

Alex Courtenay, 7News
"And that marijuana was found on a person who you were in association with?"

Kurt Morgan, Says GSU Abused Him
"Yes sir."

Alex Courtenay, 7News
"And they took you to the station and arrested you because you were around a woman who had marijuana?"

Kurt Morgan, Says GSU Abused Him
"Yes sir."

Morgan and Gardener say they have already made a complaint about the officer, and San Ignacio Police Commander Richard Rosado confirmed that an investigation into the complaint has commenced. And while the officer who committed the alleged abuse has a problematic past, so does victim. Kurt Morgan has been arrested several times for charges ranging from belonging to a criminal gang, to being connected to the murder of Chinese restaurant owner, Zhennong Zhen.

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