Overview
- Manchester police put Officer Justin Ketcham on leave Thursday after video of a Wednesday arrest showed him stomping once on a handcuffed man’s back.
- The passerby’s clip, posted to social media, triggered a review by the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Public Integrity Unit.
- Police said the suspect, Gary Miller, 57, attacked the officer during a domestic call involving his elderly father and now faces second-degree assault, simple assault, and resisting arrest charges.
- In court Thursday, Miller disputed the police account and is due back for a probable-cause hearing on May 14.
- A retired state trooper questioned the foot-stomp tactic, echoing scrutiny that followed a separate Manchester video case in 2024.