Shelby Officer Karson Hyder Fired, Charged After Video Shows Punching Woman, Released on $10,000 Bond
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Updated · CNN · Jun 2
Shelby Officer Karson Hyder Fired, Charged After Video Shows Punching Woman, Released on $10,000 Bond
10 articles · Updated · CNN · Jun 2
Karson Hyder, 22, was fired and charged with assault inflicting serious injury after a home-security video showed the Shelby officer repeatedly punching a 34-year-old Black woman during a Friday arrest.
The arrest warrant says Hyder grabbed her arm, threw her to the ground and struck her with a closed fist, leaving a possible broken nose and busted lip; he later surrendered and was released on $10,000 bond.
Video shows Hyder kept punching even after a second officer arrived, while the woman asked for mental health care, said she was off her medication and repeatedly asked officers to call her father.
The woman still faces a breaking-and-entering charge, though her attorney said resisting-arrest and assault-on-an-officer counts were dropped after the incident drew protests and an SBI criminal investigation.
Shelby officials urged patience as the case deepened local distrust of police, echoing broader US scrutiny of force used against Black Americans.
The video shows a brutal police beating. Why was the officer only charged with a misdemeanor?
Fired for a viral assault, could this officer legally police another town in North Carolina?