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Article: Two Howard County Officers Cleared Of Excessive Force Allegations in Arrest
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 7, 1991
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Two Howard County police officers were cleared Tuesday night of
allegations of misconduct and use of excessive force in the arrest
last year of two brothers, one of whom was found hanged several
months after the incident.
The allegations against Officers Ricky Johnson and Victor Riemer
stemmed from the January 1990 arrest of Mickey and Jonathan Bowie at
a Red Roof Inn in Jessup.
The Bowie twins later accused Johnson and Riemer of brutality
during the arrests, in which the officers broke up a party at the
motel.
Four months ...