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Charge dropped against deputy who pepper-sprayed teen

| October 16, 2020 6:09 PM

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A misdemeanor battery charge was dropped Friday against one of two Florida deputies who appear in a video that showed a black teen being pepper-sprayed and slammed to the ground during an arrest last year.

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