Charges against 1 of the 2 siblings arrested in South Carolina have been dropped. An officer now charged with the arrest has apologized

An investigation found that Moreno’s interaction with Travis Price violated departmental policy, citing his inability to defuse the situation, Rock Hill Police Chief Chris Watts told the press conference.

“In fact, he made the situation worse,” said the police chief.

“Investigator Moreno’s actions were not in line with the values ​​or expectations of the police department,” Watts said. “Based on all of Investigator Moreno’s actions, his job was terminated.

Moreno attended Thursday’s press conference before going to jail for reservations. Meanwhile, he apologized to Travis Price, saying he wished “my emotions didn’t get the best of me.”

“My choice of words does not define my character. I sincerely apologize for what you went through. What happened is outside of my character,” Moreno said. “As a man, father and former police officer, being held accountable is the only rule. And I’m no exception. I’m here to be held accountable for my actions.”

The investigation found that the actions of the other officers involved did not violate departmental standards, Watts said. No criminal charges were laid against the officers during the arrest of Ricky Price, who, according to Watts, “was actively fighting the officers.”

Chisa Putman, senior attorney for the town of Rock Hill, told Thursday’s press conference that she and the police chief had reviewed footage of the incident and acknowledged the problems with Travis’s arrest Price.

“Based on our review, we agreed that Mr. Travis Price was billed in error,” she said. “As a result, the city attorney’s office has dismissed the charge of obstructing police with respect to Mr. Travis Price and it will be removed from its record.”

“Mr. Price,” she added, “I’m sorry.”

Officials have not announced any changes in the charges against Ricky Price. He was charged with possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, unlawful carrying of a pistol, unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of an offense with violence and assaulting a police officer while resisting arrest, police.

Bamberg, however, told CNN on Friday that the gun charge was dropped and possession with the intention of distributing crack was reduced to simple possession.

Ricky Price was trying to help his brother when the incident happened, lawyer says

The incident began when officers from the Rock Hill Police Department’s Violent Crime Unit and Department of Homeland Security officers arrested Ricky Price for an illegal lane change and lane change while monitoring him , according to a June press release from Rock Hill Police.

Ricky Price drove to a gas station, where police said they called his brother, Travis Price, from inside the car.

Police found two bags of marijuana hidden in the driver’s door panel and a 9mm pistol in the back seat of the car, the statement said. Officers later found a bag containing crack where Ricky Price was sitting, the statement said.

Ricky Price was handcuffed and placed under arrest, police said, but Travis Price attempted to approach his brother to retrieve personal effects officers were removing from Ricky Price during his arrest. Travis Price “used his body to push back officers,” police said in a June statement.

Travis Price was told by police that he was under arrest for interfering and physically contacting officers, police said, and officers pushed him against a large tank of gasoline only after pushing them and did not put his hands behind his back.

The video shows Travis Price and officers falling to the ground. The video then shows a brawl between Ricky Price and several officers, eventually leading him to him and several officers also falling to the ground.

Officers removed Ricky Price’s handcuffs to remove the jewelry he wanted to remove, police said, when he tried to run away and punched them. One of the punches hit an officer in the face, according to the June police statement.

In the video, an officer can be seen apparently punching Ricky Price as they struggle to the ground. Police said the officer hit his upper thigh “on the common peroneal nerve to get obedience,” but when that didn’t work, the officer punched him in the nose, causing him to bleed.

The woman who shot the video can be heard saying that Ricky Price was tased, but police said officers did not deploy any weapons or tasers on either of the two men.

In a statement, Bamberg, who also represents Ricky Price, dismissed Watts’ claim that his client was fighting officers, saying Ricky Price “never resisted arrest.”

“Once Moreno started using force illegally against Travis, things changed,” Bamberg said. “To say that Ricky ‘actively fought officers’ is just one way law enforcement tries to bury him to compensate for their own traps at the scene.”

“Ricky was trying to help his little brother who at the time was being attacked by a former officer who already admitted his own wrongdoing and was jailed for assault and battery,” Bamberg said.