ANew York police officer on Friday was found guilty of misdemeanor assault charges after “gratuitously” stomping on the head of a suspect nearly two years ago, reports the New York Daily News. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Alan Marrus said the officer, Joel Edouard, 37, “let down his fellow officers by losing his composure in an […]
Jahmiel Cuffee (pictured), a Brooklyn man who was recorded getting his head stomped by a NYPD officer, thanked the boro’s District Attorney for indicting police officer Joel Edouard, the New York Daily News reports. RELATED: NYPD Officer Filmed Stomping On Man’s Head Indicted [VIDEO] “I’m very grateful to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office for taking the […]
Officials have indicted Brooklyn officer Joel Edouard (pictured center) for video of him stomping on Jahmiel Cuffee‘s head last summer, the New York Daily News reports. SEE ALSO: Tamir Rice’s Parents File Amended Federal Wrongful Death Lawsuit Video of the incident begins with Edouard holding Cuffee in a chokehold, apparently in his driveway. He and another officer soon […]
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