2 Videos Show Fairfield Officer Using Force on Teens. Community Demands Answers.
Community members are demanding the officer’s firing as officials open an independent investigation and say the officer has been administratively reassigned.
- Hundreds of residents packed Fairfield City Council on Tuesday demanding accountability after a viral video showed a police officer punching 16-year-old Maurice Williams during his arrest at Fairfield High School last week.
- Officers responded to multiple campus fights and believed a student was reaching for a weapon inside a backpack; when Williams tensed his arms during handcuffing, police delivered what they called 'distraction strikes' to gain compliance.
- Police Chief Dan Marshall defended the blows as necessary to handcuff Williams and apologized for causing 'division and concern,' while Williams' family reported he suffered headaches and dizzy spells afterward.
- The Fairfield Police Department announced the officer has been administratively reassigned within the department rather than placed on administrative leave, with an independent investigation by an outside organization now underway.
- A July 2025 video shows the same officer pulling then-18-year-old Myah Hamilton from a car by her hair during a traffic stop, prompting community advocate Berry Accius to allege 'a pattern of aggression, this is a pattern of excessive force.
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