KYUK: FBI agents were in Bethel recently on a fact finding mission related to an incident in which a former Bethel police officer arrested a man in a parking lot.
An FBI spokesperson said they are looking at a possible civil rights violation. It’s not an official investigation in the terms used by FBI, but the spokesperson said they are looking into the incident after surveillance video surfaced earlier this month.
The US Attorney’s office can use information from the FBI to decide whether or not to press charges.
The Bethel police officer, Andrew Reid was fired this spring. Following the release of the video, the attorney of the man who was arrested, Wassillie Gregory, has filed for post-conviction relief on his guilty plea to a harassment charge.