A 13-year veteran of the St. Louis County Police Department is charged with felony assault after striking a MetroLink passenger on the hand with his expandable baton following an argument

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on Friday charged 44-year-old Dawon Gore of Ferguson with second-degree assault. He was jailed on a $3,500, cash-only bond.

Gore is accused of using excessive force against an unnamed 24-year-old light-rail passenger in late April at the Hanley Road station in Clayton. He’s been assigned to the department’s MetroLink unit since May 2012.

A police press release says the investigation was forwarded to prosecutor Bob McCullough in early May with a recommendation to press charges.

Gore has been accused of using excessive force against an unnamed 24-year-old commuter. Don’t want to state the obvious here, but really? This Black man is about to be put in jail for hitting a man with his baton and Darren Wilson kills a kid and gets away with it? Our justice system is beyond corrupt.

-Tamara El (@_SheWise_)