Officer trips, pushes students after soccer game

[AnnieOakley]

Officer trips, pushes students after soccer match; placed on leave
By Lindsay BramsonUpdated: Monday, April 21, 2014, 7:57 pmPublished: Sunday, April 20, 2014, 10:07 pm

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Georgetown police have placed an officer on paid administrative leave pending an internal affairs investigation into his actions following a state championship soccer game held in the city over the weekend.


Officer George Bermudez

The move to put Officer George Bermudez on leave came after an incident following Vandegrift High School’s win in the University Interscholastic League championship game on Saturday. In video taken from the game broadcast, as well as from fans, you can see what appears to be a uniformed Georgetown police officer tripping and pushing students as they rush onto the field after the win.

Bermudez has been with the department since 2005.

A spokesman for the Georgetown Police Department said parents began emailing the department early Sunday morning, alerting them of the video.

“After personally watching the videos, the actions of my officer are very concerning to me as well,” said Georgetown Police Chief Wayne Nero.

As you see students rush the field after the win, a uniformed Georgetown police officer can be seen sticking his leg out to trip a high school student. He then tries to trip another student.

Then, YouTube video shot by a student at the game shows one of them limping off the field.

Cell phone video sent to ReportIt@KXAN.com also shows the officer pushing two girls off the field.

KXAN spoke to the 16-year-old student who watched all of this unfold while shooting the video on his phone.

“He should’ve used better judgement,” Rohan Gupta said. “We’re high schoolers just trying to have some fun after our team won.”

The Georgetown Police Department issued a statement Sunday evening.

“Georgetown administrators have taken the information and will be forwarding it to internal affairs for review and investigation,” GPD Captain Roland Waits said.

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[Argonaut]

The title was a bit misleading. I thought the officer tripped. But he was tripping students. So he's a real fine example of "public servant". How infantile. We really need more of his ilk, or do we already have enough?

Will we hear after the investigation he performed his duties within departmental guidelines?

[TruthSeeker11]

The title was a bit misleading. I thought the officer tripped. But he was tripping students. So he's a real fine example of "public servant". How infantile. We really need more of his ilk, or do we already have enough?

Will we hear after the investigation he performed his duties within departmental guidelines?

How ironic, isn't it? When a citizen is accused of committing a crime and it is caught on camera, the citizen is arrested and his name, picture, address and charges are made public, yet he is supposed to be "innocent until proven guilty". Yet, when one of that citizens "servants" is accused of committing a crime and it is caught on camera, he is usually NOT arrested and his name, picture and address is NOT released to the public and the same people that arrest the citizen will investigate their own for any criminal misconduct, while the accused "servant" gets to sit at home and collect a paycheck and most of the time, they never receive any criminal charges for their misconduct and they are found to have acted professionally and with reason.

[TruthSeeker11]

[Argonaut]

That idiot is lucky some big burly high school boys didn't deck him. Any additional word on "the investigation"?

[CryingFreeman]

Isn 't battery on a minor a felony?

[rlrm777]

See what happens when you don't provide them with a dog to shoot?

[susan999]

how evil are american cops

[abvp]

Isn 't battery on a minor a felony?

not when you're a cop