Officers tackled Hall as he was following Colletta’s orders and getting to his knees. He did not appear to be committing a crime, there was no probable cause for an arrest, and he did not do anything to justify the use of physical force, Assistant U.S. Attorney Reginald Harris said in court.

Colletta found out Hall’s identity the next day, and began to learn of his injuries. In June 2018, she found out from her then-boyfriend, Randy Hays, that the FBI was investigating. Hays, who is also one of the officers indicted in the incident, had found out at a union meeting discussing the investigation.

Colletta admitted on Friday that she told an FBI agent in June 2018 that she didn’t know who Hall was and didn’t come into contact with him on the night of his arrest. Colletta then made a series of false and misleading statements to grand jurors, among them: that Hall was “brought to the ground very gently,” Harris said. She also gave grand jurors “misleading and inconsistent explanations” about what she falsely called a “textbook arrest” of Hall.

Following Harris’ summary of the plea, U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry said, “Ms. Colletta, is everything he just recited true?”

“Yes, ma’am,” Colletta replied.