CA8: 20 mo. sentence for officer committing false arrest, beating, and perjury at state trial was unreasonably low

A 20 month sentence to a police officer for false arrest, pepper spraying, repeatedly and unjustifiably beating an arrestee into unconsciousness, writing a false police report about it, and then perjuring himself at the citizen’s trial which resulted in the citizen’s acquittal was substantively unreasonable, and the sentence is reversed. The Sentencing Guideline range was a minimum of 151 months. The officer never expressed remorse and his attitude at sentencing was that he was just doing his job, despite the fact the civilian witnesses to the incident were compelling enough for the jury to convict. United States v. Dautovic, 13-1145 (8th Cir. August 14, 2014).