COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The third day of trial ended swiftly for a Columbus police officer accused of false claims that led to a George Floyd protester’s arrest, but is still far from over.
Sergeant Holly Kanode is the first of three officers from the Columbus Division of Police to see time in court over her alleged actions on May 30, 2020. She’ll now see a second week of trial, as the judge moved Thursday to pause proceedings for both the rest of the day and Friday.
Kanode faces nonviolent misdemeanors including falsification and dereliction of duty. Body camera footage showed Kanode helping arrest protestor Nadia Lynch while telling another officer that the person grabbed a third officer and jerked him to the ground. Prosecutors showed other video evidence in court which they argue showed Lynch didn’t do what Kanode claimed she did.
“I was thrown down on the ground, at which point, I was kind of protected because I felt, like, getting pummeled and I just put my hand over my head, just to protect my head,” Lynch said Tuesday in court.
Because Kanode waived her right to a jury, her attorneys are making their case directly to Judge James O’Grady. What happened on the day in question isn’t being disputed, but Kanode’s attorneys are arguing that what the sergeant did is not criminal. Their case says there’s no way to prove what Kanode thought she saw amid the chaos of the protests.
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