In January, Officer Vince Warlick opened a door into a police detention room where two teens were being held in handcuffs and calmly shot what appears to be pepper spray in their faces. Officer Warlick has not been disciplined, but the Alton Board of Aldermen voted not to reappoint Chief Jason Simmons after the video was aired on TV.
Cop squirts something unpleasant into faces of handcuffed teens
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