Fired And Arrested: SC Cop Terminated, Charged After Violently Stomping On A Black Man's Head

A South Carolina police officer is out of a job after violently stomping on a Black man’s head during an arrest.

Orangeburg Department of Public Safety Officer David Lance Dukes faces first-degree assault and battery charges for the July 26th attack on Clarence Gailyard.

In the body cam video released by Gailyard’s attorney, Dukes orders the 58-year-old to the ground. Moments later, he stomps on his head.

Gailyard suffered a bruise to his forehead and was taken to the hospital by paramedics.

Orangeburg Public Safety officials say Dukes was responding to a 9-1-1 call about a man carrying a gun.

He was fired from the department two days after the incident and faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.

In this bodycam video, we see it from the vantage point of another officer who actually did the right thing.

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