A Black Cop is Receiving Restitution 15 Years After Being Fired from Preventing Brutality

Former Buffalo police officer Cariol Horne lost her job when she intervened on a fellow officer choking a Black man. A recent court ruling is making amends for her old department's decision.

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15 years ago former Buffalo police officer, Cariol Horne interrupted the brutality of one of her colleagues, and her intervention resulted in her losing her job. Horne responded to a call related to domestic abuse, and found her then-partner Officer Gregory Kwiatkowski, a white man, punch…