BREAKING: "Cops Broke My Finger and Buried the Evidence" — How a 27-Year Police Brutality Saga Exposed Systemic Corruption in Killeen *(Copwatch Chronicle Exclusive)*

KILLEEN, TX — In 1996, high school junior Mike T signaled a school resource officer to break up a fight. Instead, Officer John Bowman elbowed him in the head, slammed his skull into a metal window 25 times, and threatened arrest for "obstruction." Today, Mike’s 27-year battle against police brutality—and a violent 2023 encounter caught on video—reveals a chilling pattern of cover-ups, erased evidence, and retaliation. 

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 The Incident They Tried to Bury  

February 5, 2023: 

Mike, now 44, called 911 for a welfare check on an unconscious man in a stolen Camaro outside his Fort Worth apartment. Police arrived, identified heroin use, and began searching the vehicle. Fearful from past police trauma, Mike left on his scooter. When he returned, Officer Charles (Badge 2807)—a cop with a known grudge against him—was slamming a car door into Mike’s prized 2009 Mazda RX-8. 

“I told him to move the door. He said, ‘F you, shut up, b,’” Mike recounts. “I walked to check the damage, and he punched me in the face.” 

Security footage shows the officer then biting Mike’s ring finger, fracturing it, as Mike pried the cop’s eye to escape. “Taze that motherfucker!” the officer yelled. Mike was arrested for assault, hospitalized for a human bite wound, and jailed—but all records of his ER visit vanished. 

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 1996: The Roots of Trauma  

Mike’s distrust of police began at Ellison High School. After Bowman’s assault, the school allegedly conspired to silence him: 

- Counselors pressured him to drop out. 

- Teachers gave “pity grades” to force graduation. 

- No charges were filed against Bowman. 

MIke was diagnosed with PTSD, manic depression, and intermittent explosive disorder (IED). “They wanted me gone. But I stayed—and paid for it every day.” 

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 Officer Charles: A Targeted Vendetta  

Mike claims Officer Charles had targeted him for months. In a prior BB gun dispute, Charles allegedly threatened: “Come to my cruiser so I can kick your ass.” When Mike reported the threat, a sergeant warned: “If you hit back, we’ll charge YOU.” 

“Charles knew about my PTSD. He wanted me to snap,” Mike says. 

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 The Missing Evidence  

Key details suggest systemic foul play: 

- A third video showing the punch is held by Marshals, unreleased via FOIA. 

- Jail records omit Mike’s hospital visit despite an ambulance ride. 

- Officer Charles’ report: One sentence—“Assault on an officer.” 

“They hid the truth. But the bite mark on my finger doesn’t lie,” he says. 

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 Why This Matters  

MIke’s story underscores alarming trends: 

1. Retaliation Culture: Cops weaponizing charges against critics. 

2. Evidence Suppression: “Lost” footage, sanitized records. 

3. Mental Health Neglect: No training for officers handling PTSD victims. 

“I fought back because I’d rather die than let another cop break me,” he says. 

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 FULL STORY Exclusive story: Well to start I guess we'll go back to Killeen Texas. I was in high school Ellison high School. We had gone to lunch and the tardy bell still hadn't rang yet, but most of the kids were already in the Commons area preparing for lunch. As I was walking to the Commons area a fight broke out in front of me. When this happened I look forward and saw officer John Bowman AKA BOSS MAN standing at the end of the hallway. I signaled him that there was a fight going on and I kept going to lunch. This is when he ran up behind me and elbowed me in the back of my head knocking me to the floor. I got up and smacked my lip at them and he grabbed my head and slammed it on a metal window pane then on a wooden table 25 times. Not stopping until I yelled this was police brutality. He then pulled me in the office told me he could arrest me for obstruction and let me go. The school and the police department then conspired against me and my younger brother. This was my junior year. Because of this my senior year was hell. I only graduated because they wanted to keep this issue as quiet as possible. I was supposed to fail. They gave me extra credit so I would graduate. They even attempted to have the counselor call me into her office and tell me to quit school as that would be a better option for me. But I denied that and stayed in school and graduated. This was in 1996. And the reason why I have PTSD manic depressive disorder and intermittent explosive disorder. Or (IED for short).

Fast forward to February 5th of 2023. Thursday morning at 8:00 in the morning. I woke up early morning as I always do. At this time I owned a 2009 Mazda RX-8 r3 in black. The black car you see on the right side of the video. Since I lived in a bad neighborhood, I would check on my car about 15 to 20 times daily. Especially when I woke up and before I went to bed. I stepped out that's particular morning to check on my car and saw a guy sitting in a Camaro. The Camaro was still idling. At further glance I noticed that he wasn't awake. And when I checked I noticed the needle hanging out of his left arm. So I naturally thought this man was OD'ing or possibly already dead in this vehicle. So I called for a welfare check. Something I will never ever in my life do again. When I called for the welfare check the police came with like three or four cars. They find out the guy was on heroin and the car was stolen from the local dealership up the road from my apartment. I knowing that I don't do well around police jumped on my electric scooter, and went for a ride around the town. I was gone for about an hour and a half to 2 hours. When I returned the police were searching the Camaro. Something mind you that they had already been doing when I left. I didn't bother them. I went to my apartment and ran into my neighbor that needed the information for a new towing company in the apartment complex. I told her I had that information let me go in and grab it. That I would meet her at the visitors parking where she was trying

to park a friend's vehicle. I went in the apartment grab the paper and went out toward the visitor's parking lot. At that point is when I walk into the video. I saw that the car door was hitting my rare RX-8 R3. Mind you at this particular time I had been being fairly manic and protecting my vehicle. So I stated to the officer to remove the door from my vehicle. At such point he stands up and says f*** you shut up b****. When I heard that I started talking smack back to him. I then started to approach my door to check for the damage. This is when the officer punches me in the face. In the video it looks like he grabs at me. But he actually punches me in the face and then tries to slam me. As I said is there is a third video that shows the initial punch and me standing there with a piece of paper draped over my hand. This video the Marshall's office I believe has so I could not get it in my foia request. From what they said a different department holds those videos for the Marshalls. I don't know how true that is as I have not yet looked into it. Every time I look into it I start to relive the situation. And I'm trying to get past it, but at the same time I know I can't let it go. As me and the opposite are fighting because I did punch the officer back as you see in the video. The officer bites my ring finger on my left hand breaking my finger. You hear me grunt in the video that is when I rotated my hand in his mouth and poked his eyeball with my pointer finger of my left hand to get him to let go. It's also when you hear him say taze that m***********. That is because my fingers in his eye at that moment. As you would figure they arrested me and took me to jail. They charged me with assault on an officer. They never took my statement while I was in custody. And the only way to get medical treatment was to fake fainting in the cell. I did that at about 11:00 at night by midnight I was in the hospital and being treated for a human bite wound. None of my jail documentation even shows that I went to the hospital yet fort Worth Police got me to the hospital by ambulance. And we didn't get back to the jail till almost 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning. Now during booking the paperwork was showing in the computer that I was taken to the hospital. But now none of the paperwork shows I was taken to the hospital in any way shape form of fashion. On top of this the police never took my statement the only statement that was taken was of the officer Charles badge number 2807. In which states. And I quote "assault on an officer" those are the only words on his official statement. Nothing about what truly happened. As he was hiding behind the color of law. Me and this officer do have history. As I had called them out a few months prior to this situation because some neighbors were shooting BB guns by my beloved RX8. When the officer got out there he stepped out of his cruiser and immediately started yelling that I was having a mental breakdown and he was sick and tired of this s***. At this point the officers were trying to calm me down and it was working until he showed up. I then told him that nobody has room for his attitude and if he doesn't want to be here then he can get his fat ass out of here and leave. He didn't like my wording. So he started to charge me up for a fight. Telling me to come to his cruiser so he could kick my ass. I almost obliged him, but one of my neighbors got in between us and held me back from walking up to him. I then called his supervisor to report what had happened. His supervisor told me that if his officer punches me and I punches officer back that they were going to charge me with assault. So I told this sergeant that bottom line is if he touches me I'm going to knock him out. And that was the end of the conversation I hung up the phone on him and let it be. Then January 5th rolled around and this man was so ready to fight I didn't even notice it. I didn't even realize that he was trapping me into a fight at that moment. When he was hitting that door onto my car he knew exactly what he was doing. And he knew that it would get a rise out of me. And he already had it in his head that if he got a rise out of me he was going to swing on me. Thinking that he was going to get the better of me. Not to give a little bit more backstory on him. He also knew I had PTSD specifically for police brutality. Because the first time that I ever had a encounter with him.I went a little bit off the handle I cussed the police out really bad and I made them look really small and little. So the next time I had seen them I pulled all five of them aside Marshall that was in the video included Charles included badge number 2807. And they're subordinates. I let all of them know that I had PTSD from police brutality. Everyone of the officers were cordial about the situation and apologetic. Officer Charles on the other hand was abrasive and set a very aggressive body language with me the minute I started talking about the police brutality. I immediately went back and called my mother and father and spoke to them about it and tried to get them to record me but I don't think they realize the seriousness of the situation. So they never recorded the conversation. But in this conversation I told them I'm going to have problems with this officer. I knew it was coming I just didn't

know when. After the fight with the officer I immediately checked myself into a hospital as my nightmare started to come back and I was really feeling all kinds of different emotions after this had occurred. Number one I was proud that I stood up for myself and didn't allow another officer to just pummel me. This man tried to slam me on my back which possibly would have paralyzed me as I already have an injured back. I was shocked that I had fought a police officer. And at the same time I did not know what to think. So I had to get the help of some doctors. This is when I was diagnosed with the PTSD, manic depressive disorder, and the intermittent explosive disorder. Since then I've been on heavy medication. It's been hard to find work. And my life has been turned upside down.

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