Fort Worth police officials reassigned amid leaked video, records

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Two police commanders in Texas have been temporarily replaced as investigators determine who leaked police video and other material in the controversial arrest of a black woman and her daughters by a white Fort Worth police officer.

KXAS-TV in Dallas reports an assistant chief and deputy chief were questioned in the matter.

The Fort Worth Police Department began an internal investigation after officer William Martin’s body-camera video was leaked. Martin’s disciplinary records also were released to defense attorneys and others.

Martin responded in December to a dispute involving Jacqueline Craig, who said a neighbor had assaulted her son for littering.

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Cellphone video appears to show Martin escalating the situation before he forces Craig to the ground and arrests her and then her two daughters.

Charges against Craig were later dropped.