Criminal Law
A Former St. Louis Police Officer Receives a Prison Sentence for Beating an Undercover Colleague at a Protest
A former St.Louis police officer was sentenced to four years in prison in Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to beating an undercover Black colleague at a protest, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
During the sentencing hearing on Tuesday, Randy Hays told the judge that he’s “greatly sorry” for his actions toward his former colleague, referring to himself as a “good person” who made a mistake.
“I am a good person, but I made a mistake,” Hays told the judge.
Hays pleaded guilty in 2019 to using excessive and unreasonable force stemming from a 2017 incident where Hays and three of his colleagues, all of whom were white, beat a Black officer, Luther Hall, who was working undercover, during an arrest.
