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Officer Cleared in Post Katrina Beating
US policeman cleared over beating
A former New Orleans police officer who was filmed beating a 64-year-old man in the street has been acquitted of battery and false imprisonment.
A judge dismissed the charges against Robert Evangelist, saying the victim had resisted arrest.
Robert Davis was beaten by police officers while being arrested in the French Quarter in October 2005.
Mr Evangelist was dismissed from the New Orleans Police Department for his part in the incident.
