New Orleans Pelicans big Jaxson Hayes was sentenced on misdemeanor charges after scuffling with police officers responding to a domestic-violence call.
Of course, that doesn’t mean police acted properly in last year’s incident in Los Angeles .
Libor Jany of the Los Angeles Times:An LAPD sergeant violated department policy by kneeling on the neck of NBA player Jaxson Hayes while arresting him in response to a call about a domestic dispute last July, the Los Angeles Police Commission ruled Tuesday.
After Hayes, a 6-foot-11 center for the New Orleans Pelicans, was taken to the ground by police outside a Woodland Hills home, Sgt. Darren Holst began kneeling on his neck.
Bodycam footage showed the incident:
