Former Aurora Officer on Trial for 2021 Violent Arrest

John Haubert faces assault charges for beating Kyle Vinson with a gun, marking another incident of alleged misconduct by Aurora police.

John Haubert, a former Aurora, Colorado police officer, is on trial for assaulting Kyle Vinson during a 2021 arrest by hitting him with a gun.
The arrest, captured on body camera footage, included Haubert holding his hand around Vinson's neck for about 39 seconds, described as 'strangling'.
Vinson, a homeless Army veteran, was injured during the arrest, requiring hospital treatment for welts and a head cut that needed six stitches.
The trial follows previous convictions of a police officer and two paramedics in Aurora for the 2019 death of Elijah McClain.
Another former officer, Francine Martinez, was found guilty of failing to intervene during Vinson's arrest, a crime under Colorado's police reform law.