Baltimore Cop Sentenced to Just 6 Months for Violent Assault; Victim Speaks Out

Kollin Truss was arrested and charged with assaulting an officer after Baltimore Police Officer, Vincent Cosom, falsified his police report. Truss remembers thinking, “this is nothing like what happened that night and all I can do is pray that I get low bail so I can get out, so I can reach out to an attorney so I can have someone go get that tape. Please go get that tape, that tape is my freedom.” Luckily for Truss he was able to get out of jail and get the videotape. Now, he’s speaking out for the first time after this incident because the officer, who clearly attacked him, was sentenced to only 6 months in jail. Truss spoke to WJZ stating:

“I feel like he should have gotten more time, if the shoe was on the other foot, I would have gotten more time,” said Kollin Truss.

Officer Cosom’s police report said Truss had attacked him first.

“I’m like this is nothing like what happened that night and all I can do is pray that I get low bail so I can get out, so I can reach out to an attorney so I can have someone go get that tape. Please go get that tape, that tape is my freedom,” Truss said.

A city owned closed circuit camera captured the beating in June and Truss says that video is like gold because it verified his story. The officer pleaded guilty to assault, but a perjury charge against him was dropped.

“Kollin was very disappointed that there was no perjury conviction because the officer could still go out and testify to this day and we are also disappointed that the other officers who held his arms are still on duty to this day,” said Tony Garcia, Truss’ Attorney.

Truss has filed a lawsuit against city police–he says he’s is still gripped by fear of future interactions with police.

“It makes me fear being caught on a street where there is no camera or anything because I am afraid,” Truss says.

Kollin Truss lost his job because he was initially charged with assaulting a police officer. He’s actively seeking new employment as he tries to move on.

I can relate to Truss’s frustrations when he discusses the dropped perjury charge. That would have sealed the deal for Cosom’s career as a police officer and guaranteed that nothing like this would happen to anyone else. Yet, Truss is experiencing the type of justice dished out by the “Justice System” and how the focus of such system is NOT about making victims whole. The system also doesn’t care what victims would like as a form of justice.

Add in that Truss lost his job for simply being CHARGED with assaulting a police, but the man who actually did the assaulting is going to keep his? A job where he’ll continue to harass, oppress and assault people? Does this make any sense to anyone else? Is this justice? Of course it’s not! Cosom should be fired as a police officer, but instead the taxpayers are going to pay for his anger issues. Another backwards feature of the overall system.

Baltimore Cop Sentenced to Just 6 Months for Violent Assault; Victim Speaks Out is a post from Cop Block – Badges Don’t Grant Extra Rights