MAINE, USA — Two days after the arrest of Justin Savage and Shawna Morse in March 2024, the Maine State Police issued a press release about the incident , calling attention to injuries sustained by the responding officers.

“During the investigation Savage became combative and a struggle ensued,” read the statement, which the agency later posted on its Facebook page . “Savage landed on the leg of Sergeant Adam Schmidt, breaking his ankle.” The statement went on to say that Savage then bit another trooper during an “effort to escape.”

Recordings from that night tell a different story. A Maine Monitor and Bangor Daily News analysis of dashcam footage and police audio from body-worn devices found that the Maine State Police’s characterization of the arrest in their press rel

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