Newly released body camera footage shows Arrest of Bernad Kersh the schizophrenic man who, police say, spat in an officer’s face before he was body-slammed to sidewalk. Police were giving Kersh a ticket for drinking on the corner of 79th and Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The officer who performed the body slam, Jerald Williams, is an MMA fighter. Kersh who suffers from schizophrenia, was initially charged with aggravated battery of peace officer, misdemeanor counts of assault and resisting arrest, as well as a count of drinking alcohol in public. Officer Williams was relieved of his police duties. A second officer also had his police powers stripped.
