Dirty Baltimore cop caught on camera brutalizing man finally charged with assault & perjury

The above video from June shows crooked Baltimore cop Vincent Cosom beat victim Kollin Truss in an unprovoked attack

Vincent Cosom was not charged or disciplined for the beating until Truss' lawyer made the surveillance video public in October.  The officer was then charged on October 29th 2014 with second degree assault and perjury.

Officer Cosom was charged with perjury in addition to assault for making a sworn statement that he was assaulted first by the victim.  This was proven to be not true.  So, not only is Officer Cosom a dirty cop he is also a liar.

Cosom wrote that Truss dropped into a fighting stance and made threats. The video shows Cosom dart around a group of bystanders to get to Truss. Cosom lands a series of blows, including several delivered while another officer restrains Truss against the side of a bus shelter.

Police charged Truss with assault and other offenses, but a prosecutor reviewed the tape and concluded that it contradicted Cosom's account. The case was dropped. So after getting brutally beating for no reason by multiple cops the victim was arrested.

Over the past four years, the city of Baltimore has paid $5.7 million in court judgments and settlements in more than 100 civil suits alleging police brutality and other misconduct. Nearly all of the people involved in incidents leading to those lawsuits were cleared of criminal charges.