Texas State Trooper indicted over bus encounter

Austin, Texas

A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper captured on Capital Metro bus surveillance video grabbing, dragging and pushing a male passenger in October has been indicted by a Travis County grand jury on two misdemeanor charges.

Don MacFarlane, 55, who had been assigned to Capitol District patrol, was removed from his job pending an investigation into a complaint connected to the Oct. 3 encounter on the bus. On Wednesday, DPS officials said that "termination proceedings have been initiated" against MacFarlane but that he has not yet been fired.

Last Tuesday, the grand jury handed down an indictment charging him with official oppression, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail, and assault, a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine.

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