- Written by DeMario P. Smith
- Published on 15th July 2021
Demonstrators protest the acquittal of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley. / Photo Credit: Scott Olson- A former St. Louis Metropolitan Police officer was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Tuesday for his role in assaulting a Black officer who was working undercover as a protester, The Washington Post reports.
- Randy Hays pleaded guilty in Nov. 2019 for using unreasonable and excessive force during an altercation with Luther Hall who was working undercover. He received a sentence of 52 months in prison and two years of probation.
- Hays was just one of several officers that took part in the beating. Two other officers, Dustin Boone and Christopher Myers, were also involved in the incident.
