Black Android NYPD Cop Faces Brutality Charges for Stomping on Black Man's Head while White Cops held him Down
/A Brooklyn police officer allegedly stomped on a suspect's head during an arrest last July.
Joel Edouard, 37. is facing assault, attempted assault and official misconduct charges.
In the video, Edouard appears to stomp on Jahmil Cuffee's head while other officers are holding him down.
Police say the arrest happened after officers saw Cuffee roll a marijuana cigarette.
Edouard's attorney, Stephen Worth, says his client was trying to subdue a man resisting arrest.
"What the evidence and what the video will show is an extended period of resisting arrest by the individual, Mr. Cuffee that it takes several officer, officers to try to get him cuffed and the act that is called, the so called kick was part of the arrest process and an attempt to get his hand in custody so he can be handcuffed," says Worth.
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson released a statement saying, “Police officers put their lives on the line every day to keep us all safe. However, this defendant allegedly stomped on the head of a suspect as he lay on the ground, which is unacceptable for a police officer."
