A recently fired Miami Gardens police officer who was shown in a graphic video from January holding his knee to a pregnant Black woman’s neck was arrested and charged with battery and official misconduct
A recently fired Miami Gardens police officer who was shown in a graphic video from January holding his knee to a pregnant Black woman’s neck while tasing her multiple times in the stomach has been arrested and charged with battery and official misconduct, the Miami-Dade State Attorney announced Thursday.... [+]
Satchell, who was a few weeks pregnant at the time, would not have the child, but she did not lose it as a result of the tasing. There, Satchell got into an argument with a club manager over food, and that manager later went to Martel and another officer, asking that she be given a trespassing warning.
Satchell then said she couldn’t because she wasn’t wearing shoes, which angered Martel, who then reached into the car before dragging her out and tasing her.A passenger in Satchell’s vehicle caught the incident on camera, with the video evidence appearing to contradict much of Martel’s account of what happened that night. That video was turned over to investigators several weeks ago, who concluded that Martel’s arrest report contained several false statements.
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