NOT GUILTY. THAT'S THE VERDICT IN THE TRIAL OF A FORMER APD OFFICER CHARGED WITH BEATING A MAN WHO WAS SURRENDERING. A JURY IN ALBUQUERQUE THURSDAY ACQUITTED CONNOR RICE ON CHARGES OF BATTERY AND AGGRAVATED BATTERY. JURORS DELIBERATED FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS. THE INCIDENT, IN MAY OF 2012, WAS RECORDED ON RICE'S LAPEL CAMERA. PROSECUTORS SAY RICE USED EXCESSIVE FORCE, BUT HIS LAWYER ARGUED RICE WAS ACTING REASONABLY, GIVEN THE SUSPECT'S EFFORTS TO RESIST ARREST.
