Atlanta sources have stated that Eric Parker, the Madison, AL police officer who has slammed Indian grandfather Sureshbhai Patel to the ground while he was taking a walk outside his son’s home in February last year, has returned from administrative leave and has been assigned to the MPD Training Unit until he completes his required re-certifications.
The interim police Chief Maj. Jim Cooke has said that since Officer Parker’s acquittal of all federal charges and the dismissal by the Attorney General of the misdemeanor charges against him, he has extensively reviewed all of the documentation regarding the case, and he has made the factual determination that Officer Parker’s actions in February 2015 did not amount to a policy violation.
Maj. Cooke has said despite rumors to the contrary, his decision was not influenced by any person or group, but was based solely on the facts of this situation and the application thereto of federal law, state law, and local policies and regulations.
Meanwhile Sureshbhai Patel had arrived from India to the suburb of Madison in Huntsville, Alabama, to allow his daughter-in-law to go back to work by promising to care for his grandson and the case has drawn international interest prompting Governor Robert Bentley to issue a letter apologizing to Patel and to India.
