A violent arrest by L.A. County deputies was caught on video. Now the man is seeking justice.
The arrest was captured by two surveillance cameras in a parking lot of an industrial property north of Downtown on Wilshire Boulevard.
But the man who was arrested isn’t saying much about it.
LAFD officials have not yet reviewed the video. In fact, the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office has been unwilling to comment on the incident.
So when the video was first reported yesterday by the Associated Press, the man who was arrested was left stunned.
“That’s crazy. I haven’t cried that much since my kid got his first bike,” the man said. (Dennis Romero via AP)
“That’s crazy. I haven’t cried that much since my kid got his first bike,” he said. “You know… I hope nobody’s hurt. And the worst… they don’t want to get sued.”
Video captures arrest
The video shows two L.A. County sheriff’s deputies escorting the man out of a parking lot in Santa Monica. He is then taken away in handcuffs. The man appears to be calm. Police claim that he was arrested “for fighting.”
The man tells the AP that the officers had taken his driver’s license. Then he says he tried to run out of the parking lot, and he said he fell to the ground. That’s when his head was slammed into the asphalt, and he claims he was handcuffed. (Dennis Romero via AP)
But he says police kicked him and kicked him to the ground.
The man, who is black, says he has a brain injury from a head injury he suffered 10 years ago that limited use of his arms and his balance. He says he has had two skull fractures in the past, but never needed surgery because doctors said he was doing “okay” with therapy and medication.
That was until he says he was arrested.
He says he has only used the force in self-defense. He has asked the LAFD to investigate. His lawyer, Robert Rosenbaum, says police are accusing him of resisting arrest.
Rosenbaum says he wants
