Colorado Police Officer Fired for Punching Handcuffed Woman in Face.

A Loveland police officer was fired after allegedly punching a handcuffed woman who appeared to spit on him in a hospital examination room. Body-camera footage from the May 20 incident shows the woman cursing at officer Russell Maranto as she is escorted to a chair. The woman, identified as Angelia Hall, 59, spit toward the floor while she continues to demand they return the piece of paper to her. Maranto strikes the woman in the face. A second officer intervenes and steps between the two. The district attorney's office is still considering criminal charges against Maranto, 28, police said. Hall was charged with third-degree assault, police said.