Jury in Springfield Police officers’ brawl case returns split verdict
March 31, 2022![Jury in Springfield Police officers’ brawl case returns split verdict Jury in Springfield Police officers’ brawl case returns split verdict](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8850bce/2147483647/strip/true/crop/480x270+0+105/resize/1200x675!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwamc%2Ffiles%2F201810%2Fspringfield_pd.png)
Two Springfield, Massachusetts police officers have been found guilty of assault for instigating an off-duty fight after an argument in a bar in 2015. Two other officers charged in the case were acquitted Thursday by a Hampden Superior Court jury that returned the split verdicts after four days of deliberation.