Baron Osterman is a police officer in the Cincinnati Police Department.

In March 2016, a video of Baron harassing and detaining a black man named Chris Harrell went viral on the Internet.

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In 2003, Officer Osterman was involved in the death of a black man, Nathaniel Jones, in a White Castle restaurant.

The Citizen Complaint Authority ruled that Osterman and his fellow officer James Pike used excessive force in subduing Jones in 2004.

^[3]They were both cleared in 2008 and awarded financial compensation.

^[6]Osterman was also accused of using excessive force in April 2015 but was exonerated.

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