A former Aurora police officer will spend six months under house arrest for failing to stop another officer from pistol-whipping, choking and threatening to kill an unarmed man.
of failure to intervene, a misdemeanor, in connection to the 2021 beating of Kyle Vinson by fellow former Aurora police Officer John Haubert.
Martinez was the first officer in Colorado convicted by a jury of the charge created under the landmark police accountability bill passed after the 2020 George Floyd protests. The misdemeanor carried a maximum sentence of 364 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. If Martinez violates the terms of house arrest, she will serve the remainder of her sentence in jail.
Haubert and Martinez were dispatched to a trespassing call on July 23, 2021, and contacted three men. Two of the men fled when the officers tried to arrest them on warrants, but Vinson stayed put,Haubert drew his pistol and pointed it at Vinson, even though Vinson had his hands up and had not fled or shown any signs of physical resistance, according to Haubert’s arrest affidavit.
Martinez watched over the next two minutes as Haubert pressed the muzzle of his gun into the back of Vinson’s head, choked him and struck him in the head at least seven times with his handgun. Vinson did not strike Haubert and was not making any life-threatening actions toward the officers, according to the arrest affidavit.
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