COLUMBUS – A Columbus police officer is facing additional charges stemming from her actions during downtown protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis in 2020.
Officer Traci Shaw has been charged with additional misdemeanor counts of assault, interference with civil rights and dereliction of duty as a result of an incident on May 30, 2020, special prosecutor Kathleen Garber announced Monday.
Shaw had already been charged on June 9, 2021, for alleged misconduct during the protests, during which she was accused of pepper spraying three people.
Garber and independent investigator Rick Wozniak filed the additional charges after further investigation identified a fourth person who was pepper sprayed by Shaw.
Investigations remain open with respect to unidentified officers, unidentified victims, as well as in those events that involve witness officers who have not yet been interviewed, pending an arbitration decision, Garber said.