AMiddlesex County police department took one of its sergeants off the streets after a video surfaced of him allegedly beating an elderly man.
Hull Police Sgt. Scott Saunders was placed on paid administrative leave following an incident in Pembroke on July 24, according to the Hull Police Department on Thursday. He was off duty when the alleged incident occurred.
A purported video of the alleged assault seems to show Saunders sitting on the 72-year-old man’s chest on the side of the road and attacking his face. His daughter stands nearby and watches. It’s unclear what sparked the altercation, but Saunders’ daughter said the older man “started it” as her dad gets up to leave.
When the man says he wasn’t the cause of the altercation, Saunders appears to shove him and says, “You talk to my daughter like that, I’ll smack the (expletive) out of you.”
The man has a visible cut beneath his right eye after he gets up, the video shows.