(VIDEO WARNING: Video is graphic.)A Baltimore police officer who is seen on video repeatedly punching a man has resigned, police said.The video was posted Saturday onto Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Instagram user otm_lorkodak sent the video to 11 News.The video shows a man yell at a Baltimore police officer and slap the officer's hand away from him. The video then shows the officer punching the man and tackling him to the ground.Authorities said officers were working around 11:45 a.m. in the area of the 2500 block of East Monument Street where they encountered a man with whom one of the officers was familiar.After the encounter, the officers released the man, police said. An officer approached the man to provide him a citizen's contact sheet. When the man was asked for identification, he refused, police said."The police officer then struck the man several times. He ultimately was taken into custody. He was then provided medical treatment for the injuries that were sustained," police said in a statement.It appears as though the man was bleeding from his mouth at the end of the video. He was not criminally charged and was released from custody.The man's attorney said this isn't the first time the officer has gotten physical with his client. Warren Brown, the attorney for Dashawn McGrier, the man in the video, said his client has a broken or fractured jaw and that he sustained injuries to his eye socket, nose, ribs and left leg.Brown told 11 News that his client was charged in a June 26 incident involving the same officer, whom he identified as Officer Arthur Williams. Online court records show McGrier was charged with assault, disorderly conduct, obstructing and hindering and resisting and interfering with arrest.Online court records show McGrier was released from jail June 28. A preliminary hearing in that case is scheduled for Aug. 22. Baltimore police are not confirming any details related to the June 26 incident.The officer has been a member of the Baltimore Police Department for just over a year. Interim Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle suspended the officer immediately upon the Police Department receiving video from the public, and accepted the officer's letter of resignation Sunday evening."It's not about the arrests that you make, but about the relationships you develop in the community, and so that's what we're teaching, that's what we want, and that is why the acting police commissioner suspended him immediately," Mayor Catherine Pugh said.A second officer involved in the incident has been placed on administrative duties pending the outcome of the investigation.The Baltimore City branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People released a statement Monday afternoon, calling for the firing of the second officer involved and prosecution of both officers. "We are calling for the firing of the second officer and prosecution of both. This act of police brutality involved a failure to serve and protect on the part of both officers and both should be held accountable,” said Sandra Almond Cooper, NAACP Baltimore City branch president. The branch said it believes the second officer did not act to stop the officer who repeatedly punched the man."On a day that we graduated future Baltimore police officers, I am deeply concerned by the conduct I witnessed today," Tuggle said in a statement. "While I have an expectation that officers are out of their cars, on foot, and engaging citizens, I expect that it will be done professionally and constitutionally. I have zero tolerance for behavior like I witnessed on the video today. Officers have a responsibility and duty to control their emotions in the most stressful of situations."On Twitter, Baltimore City Councilman Brandon Scott, who is chairman of the Public Safety Committee, said the officer should be fired as quickly as possible.Anyone who witnessed the incident are asked by police to contact the Office of Professional Responsibility at 410-396-2300 or visit the following website: https://www.baltimorepolice.org/transparency/citizen-complaints."Just based off clear, visible evidence, none of that should have escalated to that level, that fast when your job is to protect and serve the community," said Alex Long, a violence interrupter with Safe Streets Baltimore. "Based off what I saw in that little, small bit of video, it's just disgusting and sad to see after all the situations that we've had in the city, we've got to do better."Pugh released a statement, saying, "I have seen the very disturbing video of an encounter between a Baltimore City police officer and Baltimore City resident and have demanded answers and accountability. I am in close contact with Interim Commissioner Tuggle, who has not only suspended the officer in question, but has launched an immediate investigation into the full circumstances of this encounter. We are working day and night to bring about a new era of community-based, Constitutional policing and will not be deterred by this or any other instance that threatens our efforts to re-establish the trust of all citizens in the Baltimore Police Department."The governor's office released a statement, saying, "The governor is aware of this disturbing video and believes Interim Commissioner Tuggle was right to take immediate steps to suspend the officer and fully investigate the incident."Brown said he plans to file a lawsuit. Brown plans to hold a news conference Monday, which McGrier will attend if he's released from the hospital.
BALTIMORE — (VIDEO WARNING: Video is graphic.)
A Baltimore police officer who is seen on video repeatedly punching a man has resigned, police said.
The video was posted Saturday onto Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Instagram user otm_lorkodak sent the video to 11 News.
The video shows a man yell at a Baltimore police officer and slap the officer's hand away from him. The video then shows the officer punching the man and tackling him to the ground.
Authorities said officers were working around 11:45 a.m. in the area of the 2500 block of East Monument Street where they encountered a man with whom one of the officers was familiar.
After the encounter, the officers released the man, police said. An officer approached the man to provide him a citizen's contact sheet. When the man was asked for identification, he refused, police said.
"The police officer then struck the man several times. He ultimately was taken into custody. He was then provided medical treatment for the injuries that were sustained," police said in a statement.
It appears as though the man was bleeding from his mouth at the end of the video. He was not criminally charged and was released from custody.
The man's attorney said this isn't the first time the officer has gotten physical with his client. Warren Brown, the attorney for Dashawn McGrier, the man in the video, said his client has a broken or fractured jaw and that he sustained injuries to his eye socket, nose, ribs and left leg.
Brown told 11 News that his client was charged in a June 26 incident involving the same officer, whom he identified as Officer Arthur Williams. Online court records show McGrier was charged with assault, disorderly conduct, obstructing and hindering and resisting and interfering with arrest.
Online court records show McGrier was released from jail June 28. A preliminary hearing in that case is scheduled for Aug. 22. Baltimore police are not confirming any details related to the June 26 incident.
The officer has been a member of the Baltimore Police Department for just over a year. Interim Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle suspended the officer immediately upon the Police Department receiving video from the public, and accepted the officer's letter of resignation Sunday evening.
"It's not about the arrests that you make, but about the relationships you develop in the community, and so that's what we're teaching, that's what we want, and that is why the acting police commissioner suspended him immediately," Mayor Catherine Pugh said.
A second officer involved in the incident has been placed on administrative duties pending the outcome of the investigation.
The Baltimore City branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People released a statement Monday afternoon, calling for the firing of the second officer involved and prosecution of both officers.
"We are calling for the firing of the second officer and prosecution of both. This act of police brutality involved a failure to serve and protect on the part of both officers and both should be held accountable,” said Sandra Almond Cooper, NAACP Baltimore City branch president.
The branch said it believes the second officer did not act to stop the officer who repeatedly punched the man.
"On a day that we graduated future Baltimore police officers, I am deeply concerned by the conduct I witnessed today," Tuggle said in a statement. "While I have an expectation that officers are out of their cars, on foot, and engaging citizens, I expect that it will be done professionally and constitutionally. I have zero tolerance for behavior like I witnessed on the video today. Officers have a responsibility and duty to control their emotions in the most stressful of situations."
On Twitter, Baltimore City Councilman Brandon Scott, who is chairman of the Public Safety Committee, said the officer should be fired as quickly as possible.
Anyone who witnessed the incident are asked by police to contact the Office of Professional Responsibility at 410-396-2300 or visit the following website: https://www.baltimorepolice.org/transparency/citizen-complaints.
"Just based off clear, visible evidence, none of that should have escalated to that level, that fast when your job is to protect and serve the community," said Alex Long, a violence interrupter with Safe Streets Baltimore. "Based off what I saw in that little, small bit of video, it's just disgusting and sad to see after all the situations that we've had in the city, we've got to do better."
Pugh released a statement, saying, "I have seen the very disturbing video of an encounter between a Baltimore City police officer and Baltimore City resident and have demanded answers and accountability. I am in close contact with Interim Commissioner Tuggle, who has not only suspended the officer in question, but has launched an immediate investigation into the full circumstances of this encounter. We are working day and night to bring about a new era of community-based, Constitutional policing and will not be deterred by this or any other instance that threatens our efforts to re-establish the trust of all citizens in the Baltimore Police Department."
The governor's office released a statement, saying, "The governor is aware of this disturbing video and believes Interim Commissioner Tuggle was right to take immediate steps to suspend the officer and fully investigate the incident."
Brown said he plans to file a lawsuit. Brown plans to hold a news conference Monday, which McGrier will attend if he's released from the hospital.
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