Inkster police officers hit Floyd Dent repeatedly in the head and used a Taser three times after the 57-year-old man was pulled over for running a stop sign.
An unarmed black man was dragged from his car by Inkster, Michigan, police officers, put in an apparent chokehold, beaten, and tased during a traffic stop that was caught on the police car's dashboard camera on January 28, his lawyer said.
"He was beating me upside the head," Floyd Dent, who has no criminal record, said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon, according to the Detroit Free Press . "I was trying to protect my face with my right arm."
The footage shows police officers pulling over Dent's 2011 Cadillac after he ran a stop sign. Two police officers approached Dent's vehicle with their guns drawn and as the 57-year-old man opened the car door, the officers pulled him out and forced him to the ground.
While on the ground, officer William Melendez had Dent in a chokehold and punched him in the head 16 times.
The second officer tried to handcuff Dent. The officers said Dent refused to put his hands behind his back but Dent said he was trying to release the officer's grip from around his neck.
"I was on my last breath," Dent told Local Four Defenders. "I kept telling the officer, 'Please, I can't breathe.'"
Police claim Dent yelled "I'll kill you" to the officers, but all of the officers' microphones were either turned off or not working.
When backup officers arrived to the scene, Dent was Tasered three times in the thigh and stomach as he was handcuffed. All ten officers involved in the incident are white.
Dent was hospitalized for two days to treat the injuries to his face and head. An officer, who claims Dent bit him, refused medical attention and did not have his injuries photographed.
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