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June 1, 2026 / 8:04 PM EDT
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A former North Carolina police officer who was fired over the weekend turned himself in Monday to face a charge in an excessive force investigation after video showed him repeatedly punching a woman during an arrest, authorities said.Former Shelby County police officer Karson Hyder, 22, has been charged with one count of assault inflicting serious injury. He's expected to make his first court appearance Tuesday morning. He was released on a $10,000 secured bond Monday, The Associated Press reported. It wasn't immediately clear if he has an attorney representing him.Doorbell video captured Friday appeared to show Hyder punching the woman, 34-year-old Cherrie Moore, in the face several times while also wrestling her to the ground. A second officer then tries to intervene at one point. It's not clear what happened before the video begins.Shelby Police Chief Brad Fraser said in a video statement Friday that the two officers were "conducting a criminal investigation when they encountered a suspicious female in the area." Moore's arrest warrant indicates she allegedly ran away when Hyder tried to arrest her for breaking or entering.Moore was eventually handcuffed and can be heard in the video asking the officers to call her father and commenting on her own mental health, saying she wasn't on her medication.The violent arrest immediately sparked community protests, and Hyder was fired the next day. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is also investigating the alleged assault."The actions taken by one of our officers during that encounter are disturbing and inappropriate," Fraser said Friday.
