NYPD officer indicted for assault in "head stomping" incident :mjpls:

[H.I.M.]

The NYPD officer who was put on desk duty last year for allegedly stomping on the head of a drug suspect during an arrest captured on amateur video was indicted Tuesday on assault and official misconduct charges, authorities say.

Officer Joel Edouard, an eight-year NYPD veteran, turned himself in at a police precinct in Brooklyn Tuesday morning, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney's office. He pleaded not guilty to the charges at an afternoon court appearance.

Edouard, 37, is one of the officers seen on amateur video struggling with the 32-year-old suspect during an arrest in Bedford-Stuyvesant in July. After the man was subdued and handcuffed, one of the officers appeared to stomp him on the head while he was face down on the ground. The man's head hit the concrete, causing cuts and subsequent headaches, the district attorney's office said.

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson called the allegations "unacceptable for a police officer."

Edouard's attorney said his client was trying to handcuff the suspect, who allegedly had been drinking on the sidewalk and had marijuana on him, and this is nothing more than a case of an officer doing his job.

The alleged stomping came less than a week after the July 17 chokehold death of Eric Garner. Garner's altercation was also captured on amateur video.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...ooklyn-Eric-Garner-NYC-Edouard-290654501.html

Picture of the officer in question

 

[radio rahiem]

Coli militants confused as fukk now. Don't know how to respond.

Spoiler: .

me either

 

[88m3]

meh


part of the game

 

[Positive Posting]

they'll indicte the black cops, but not the white cops. why they keep playin games with us lol.

 

[H.I.M.]

Out of all the incidents the NYPD has had over the years using over the top, heavy handed and even banned/illegal applications of violence against the public ...this particular gentleman's transgressions are what passes thru the grand jury and turned into an indictment

 

[the cac mamba]

drinking on the sidewalk and a small possession charge

 

[tmonster]

good

 

[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

Why am I not surprised?

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

Dude looks smug as fukk too. Like "this is all for show. I'm gonna walk."

 

[radio rahiem]

To be fair. That was across the street from me. That house is a notorious drug house. He should've been indicted along with the cop in Harlem who assaulted the conductor, and the SI cop. All misconduct should be indicted.