Overview
- Cellphone and body-worn camera video circulated showing 16-year-old Maurice Williams being struck and handcuffed during a response to a campus fight, and Williams says the encounter left him traumatized.
- Fairfield police say the officer used what they call 'distraction strikes' after officers say Williams resisted and hit an officer, and police also say two teens were taken into custody.
- Williams was released without criminal charges and the officer involved, identified as Bianca Camacho, has been administratively reassigned while an independent investigation is under way.
- Williams’ family and civil rights attorneys dispute the police account, say he was not involved in the fight or armed, point to earlier footage they say shows similar force by the same officer, and are seeking decertification or other discipline.
- Students and community groups have protested and demanded records from the police and school district, and the district says it cannot comment further because the matter is an active student investigation.