Police made fun of suspect, high-five after violent arrest
Police gave high-fives, made fun of suspect after violent arrest in Inkster, attorney says
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Dent, 57, of Detroit, is the subject of a violent arrest caught on police dash-cam video Jan. 28. Footage shows Dent pulled from his 2011 tan Cadillac after police reports say he committed multiple traffic violations and appeared to be evading police.
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Dent's Novi-based attorney, Gregory Rohl, claims the Department has been withholding evidence that's usually provided as part of standard procedure.
"It looks terrible for them," Rohl said. "From what (Dent) remembers about what happened in there, they were doing high-fives and stuff behind him, making fun of him.
"And then his mugshot, it's just -- think about it, think about how he appeared in the back of that car -- and they don't want to give that up. And they don't want to give up all the names of everyone because they know I'm going to call them on it."
Rohl believes nine to 11 officers were on scene, though he's only been able to identify four.
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Dent is charged with possession of cocaine, which he and his attorney claim was planted.
Rohl says Dent, who denies having crack cocaine or making the statements in Melendez's report, submitted to and passed a lie detector test, the results of which have been turned over to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office for review.
Slap on the wrist and they'll be on their way home with a nice meal with the family as if nothing happened.
Why would they get in trouble.
This is just a snippet of a greater story. I thought more people would have known about the Floyd Dent incident. Hmmm, guess I was a bit mistaken. This is not the only thing the police have done wrong in this case.
Wow, so the police planted cocaine on him, put him in a choke hold (did a guy not die some time last year as a result of that?), beat him up and then celebrated with a high-five. All of this because he's black.
At least it's on film.. shame not many officers will name all the bastards though.
