Officers Are Suspended During Excessive Force Investigation

An investigation is underway after a 16-year old seemed to resist arrest in Martinsburg and police responded with force. West Virginia State Police are reviewing video that shows the teen being removed from a car and officers are trying to put on handcuffs when he resists, and officers respond by picking him up and use more force. It happeend shortly after midnight November 19th. Troopers Derek Walker and Michael Kennedy have been suspended without pay, and Deputy Austin Ennis with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department has also been suspended with the investigation continues.