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A police officer has been fired after surveillance video showed him body slamming a handcuffed 13-year-old who suffered a broken nose and chipped teeth.
Officer Michael Leonardo was dismissed from the Clearwater, Florida police department for violating use-of-force policies in the April 2 incident, Chief Daniel Slaughter said Wednesday.
The injured teen was under arrest for battery at the time of the incident.
Leonardo and two other officers had responded to a Clearwater youth shelter around 10am after workers there called 911 to report that a youth there was violent and breaking things, and had punched another teenager.
Surveillance video shows Leonardo spin and attempt a take-down move on the boy, who staggers but remains standing.
The former cop then wraps his arm around the teen's upper torso and flips him to the ground, landing on top of him.
'It did cause some injury to the juvenile which included a broken nose, some abrasions to the face, and two chipped teeth,' Chief Slaughter told reporters.
The teen is 5-foot-6 and 150lbs, and Leonardo is 5-foot-8 and 200lbs. With two other officers there for backup, Leonardo had other options that the bodyslam, the chief said.
'The best quote I could give you, that he shared with me was: "After reviewing the video I do see that I had better options",' Slaughter said of Leonardo.
After putting the youth in the back of a police cruisers, the officers apparently notice he is bleeding and pull him out of the car.
The video then shows the kid rolling on the ground as the officers stand above him waiting for an ambulance, a scene Slaughter called 'not something I'm really proud of'.
Leonardo is a military veteran who served eight years in the armed forces, including two tours in Afghanistan, the chief said.
'This is one of the most displeasurable points of my job, is having to stand before you and discuss this,' said Slaughter.
'But what I am proud about is that we're being open and transparent about it and have taken corrective action.'
