DENVER -
Fox 31 has learned of yet another allegation against a Denver Police Officer involved in an excessive force case that cost the city $10,000 to settle. A Denver Police spokeswoman confirmed that there is an open internal affairs investigation into Officer Nickolas Rocco-McKeel.
"He slammed me into my wall, my door, my dresser" said Kenneth Blea. The disabled man called police for help with a disorderly neighbor and called police for help.
"I was scared for my life," Blea said. A search of Court and Colorado Bureau of Investigation records show no arrest was made that night by Rocco-McKeel.
The 26-year-old officer has been the subject of a long running Fox 31 investigation. He is the officer involved in the Trudy Trout case. Trout was arrested on Larimer Square but later cleared of the misdemeanor charges because of a video that even according to a police investigator appears to show Rocco-McKeel push Trout to the ground.
Despite denials of wrongdoing by the officer the city settled Trout's lawsuit. An internal affairs investigation though cleared him of wrong doing despite the video tape.
However according to local employment law attorney Bryan Kuhn, the city faces a huge increase of liability for anything McKeel does in the future. Kuhn said that the settlement alone could be used as proof that the city was negligent in keeping Rocco-McKeel on the force should any more suits, including one from Blea, come forward.
"He slammed me into my wall, my door, my dresser" said Kenneth Blea. The disabled man called police for help with a disorderly neighbor and called police for help.
"I was scared for my life," Blea said. A search of Court and Colorado Bureau of Investigation records show no arrest was made that night by Rocco-McKeel.
The 26-year-old officer has been the subject of a long running Fox 31 investigation. He is the officer involved in the Trudy Trout case. Trout was arrested on Larimer Square but later cleared of the misdemeanor charges because of a video that even according to a police investigator appears to show Rocco-McKeel push Trout to the ground.
Despite denials of wrongdoing by the officer the city settled Trout's lawsuit. An internal affairs investigation though cleared him of wrong doing despite the video tape.
However according to local employment law attorney Bryan Kuhn, the city faces a huge increase of liability for anything McKeel does in the future. Kuhn said that the settlement alone could be used as proof that the city was negligent in keeping Rocco-McKeel on the force should any more suits, including one from Blea, come forward.
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