Thursday, January 26, 2017

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) -- An Orangeburg police officer is under arrest, accused of hitting a man in handcuffs.

Jason Nelson is charged with Assault & Battery. SLED says Nelson and other officers arrested and handcuffed Wesley Givens on October 19, 2016. The SLED report says Givens spit in Nelson's face. Then, Nelson returned and hit Givens in the face.

Givens is previously accused of assaulting law enforcement officers on two separate occasions.