A video is being shared online of what appears to be a Fort Lauderdale Police officer pushing a man to the ground before delivering a vicious slap -- all because the man wanted to use a public restroom.
In the video, which appears to take place at the Broward Central Bus Terminal in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Bruce Laclair walks slowly through the terminal while the officer follows behind, slipping on latex gloves. Officer Victor Ramirez then grabs the man's arm, and the man jerks away -- that's when the officer pushes him to the ground.
Laclair, lying on the ground, shouts "**** you!" at the cop, who responds by pointing his latex-covered finger at the man and saying, "Relax. I'm telling you right now what's gonna happen. I'm telling you right now what's gonna happen. I'm escorting you out right now."
"I want to go pee," pleads Laclair.
Moments later, the Fort Lauderdale cop reaches back and smacks Laclair across his face.
The officer then accuses the man of "trying to fight me," which the video clearly shows did not happen.
After placing Laclair in handcuffs, Ramirez proceeds to deliver a lecture: "I tell you what to do and you do it. It's that simple," he says.
Another prime example of police offers misconducting & wrongly using their powers.
And I am convinced too many people that go into law enforcement have severe and deep personality flaws. There needs to be rigorous and ongoing psychological screening, evaluations and monitoring to try and weed out more and more of these types from being empowered with badges and guns.
OMG! That slap was so hard! What the **** is wrong with him that pig needs to be thrown in jail for assault. But I bet nothing will be done, they wouldn't even charge him if it was a regular person, let alone a homeless man. Disgusting pos
yes and i know for a fact its the police who is being unjust because there are a lot of homeless people in certain areas of fort lauderdale. like why would this be an issue?
i see homeless people downtown by the bus area and park. i mean fort lauderdale is sometimes messy but i didn't think it was this messy.