Feds: 3 Buffalo cops used excessive force on teens

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A retired Buffalo police lieutenant and two active officers have been indicted on charges of using excessive force against four teenagers, one of whom was shot with a BB gun after a 2009 arrest, authorities announced Wednesday.

Officers Raymond Krug and Joseph Wendel were suspended with pay Tuesday after being accused in the federal indictment of violating the teens’ civil rights, Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda said at a news conference.