Who'se de raaaaciiissts ?! - Omaha Police Officers Face Assault Charges After Death of Man Hit With a Stun Gun-  29-year-old Zachary Bearheels at an Omaha convenience store. Kleine said he wouldn’t file more serious charges against the officers because a coroner could not directly link their actions to the Oklahoma man’s death.

Police cruiser video shows Payne using a stun gun to shock Bearheels and McClarty punching Bearheels. Some of the blows came after Bearheels was on the ground and not resisting. Kleine said he would charge Payne with second-degree assault, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. He said he’s charging McClarty with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison.
Bearheels, a Native American from Oklahoma, was lost in Omaha after being kicked off an interstate bus going from South Dakota to his home state, according to his family. Police were responding to a report of a man causing a disturbance who would not leave when they encountered Bearheels. Kleine said Bearheels “had committed no crimes.”
Police have said Bearheels was acting erratically and fought officers’ efforts to take him into custody. After the altercation, Bearheels was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Matthew Burns, an attorney for Payne, said his client is hoping that bail is set low enough that he can be released on Friday, when he’s set to turn himself in to police.
“He feels awful,” Burns said of Payne. “He’s not a bad person. He didn’t set out that day to go to work with the intent to hurt anyone.”
The officers, both of whom are black, were fired earlier this month based on the recommendation of police Chief Todd Schmaderer. Two other officers who witnessed the altercation were placed on administrative leave following Bearheels’ death but do not face any charges.
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