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Mark Lamont Clark was found guilty on Tuesday, May 23, of two counts of depravation of civil rights under the color of law following a pair of separate incidents involving two men days apart in July 2018.
Prosecutors say that while wearing his police uniform, on July 13, 2018, Clark applied a prohibited chokehold outside of an area McDonald’s causing his victim, “D.T.,” bodily harm.
That incident came after Clark got into a confrontation with one of “D.T.’s” friends, according to officials..
Days later, on July 18, 2018, Clark was again on duty and in uniform when a similar incident played out when he got into a verbal altercation with “K.C.,” who was a patron at McDonald’s this time.
In that case, officials say that “(Clark) then applied a prohibited chokehold and a prohibited carotid artery hold to ‘K.C.,’ causing bodily injury and depriving ‘K.C.’ of civil rights."
Sentencing for Clark has ben scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 30.
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