Mississippi Officer Charged for Forcing Arrestee to Lick Urine

Former Mississippi police officer Michael Christian Green has been federally charged with deprivation of civil rights under color of law after allegedly forcing an arrestee to lick his own urine off a holding cell floor under threat of harm. The incident occurred at the City of Pearl Police Department, and Green has an initial appearance and change of plea hearing set for Thursday. The city of Pearl uncovered the incident, opened an internal investigation, and provided video of the incident to the FBI. Mayor Jake Windham expressed a no-tolerance policy for such behavior and apologized to the family of the victim, stating that Green had some personnel issues but nothing like this during his six months with the department.