A former Brooklyn police officer was sentenced to 90 days behind bars after pleading no contest to assault charges.
Paul Stein was accused of repeatedly punching a woman in the head after she spat on him last September.
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The incident was captured on body camera footage, and Stein was fired because of it.
"I had a long, rewarding career, and I lost that career over a split second. I reacted to a vile act, and I wish I could take it back," Stein said.
This is not the only legal trouble Stein is involved in, as he is facing a civil rights lawsuit in Cuyahoga County.
It claims he, the city of Brooklyn, its former police chief and five other officers violated the civil rights of a Maple Heights man by failing to investigate Stein and helped him cover up alleged crimes.
