Ex-Portsmouth Officer Investigated in Alleged Assault

The New Hampshire attorney general’s Civil Rights Unit said it is continuing to investigate a Portsmouth assault case involving a former city police officer.

In December, local bank executive Mamadou Dembele, a Black man, went public with allegations he was attacked and injured in the area of Gilley’s Diner on November 22^nd.

John Durkin, Goodwin’s lawyer, is disputing any perception the alleged assault incident was racially motivated.

He pointed to the fact police did not charge Goodwin with a hate crime when the counts were announced by state police last Friday, March 15^th.