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CLEVELAND — A dashcam video of a traffic stop that led to a white police officer with a history of disciplinary issues repeatedly punching a black man and hitting his head on pavement appears to show a different sequence of events than police had originally described.

The initial statement from police in the Cleveland suburb of Euclid said Richard Hubbard III, who was pulled over on suspicion of having a suspended driver’s license, had refused Officer Michael Amiott’s orders to “face away” after getting out of his car Aug. 12 and then began resisting. But the video obtained this week in a public records request appears to show Amiott not giving Hubbard a chance to comply, Hubbard’s attorney said Friday.

“Your own two eyes and common sense can lead to only one reasonable conclusion as to the propriety of the level of force used for a basic traffic stop and whether or not my client had a chance to comply,” attorney Christopher McNeal said.

The dashcam video shows Amiott opening the car door and Hubbard getting out. Within a second of Amiott ordering him to “face away,” the video shows the officer grabbing Hubbard’s arms and wrestling him to the ground in the middle of a street as Hubbard’s girlfriend jumps out of the car and rushes over.

The video shows Amiott bashing Hubbard’s head against the pavement several times and then punching him in the head more than a dozen times as Hubbard tries to defend himself.

“Babe, stop,” Hubbard’s girlfriend implores, kneeling on the road and screaming as Amiott punches him repeatedly.

Some of the punches were thrown after Hubbard, who’s 25 years old, spread his arms out and appeared not to be resisting. Increasingly frantic, Hubbard’s girlfriend yells at officers that Hubbard is unarmed.

Hubbard is finally handcuffed with the help of another officer and taken to jail, where police say he was examined and then released after being charged with resisting arrest and driving with a suspended license.

Amiott has been placed on administrative leave pending a review, Euclid police spokesman Lt. Mitch Houser said Friday.

The police union that represents Amiott issued a statement to WJW-TV that says: “We stand with Officer Amiott and we hope that people will not rush to judgment, but rather will understand the literally-split-second decision and response required of our police and will let the administrative review process play out.”

Cellphone video that first drew attention to the arrest was taken from a nearby business. It shows Hubbard being struck but doesn’t show the traffic stop or the first part of the arrest when Hubbard is taken to the ground. The video has been viewed more than 7 million times on Facebook.

Amiott was hired by the Euclid Police Department in September 2014. He was reprimanded for hitting a driver with a handgun, mishandling evidence, losing his temper in front of his commanding officer and being involved in two crashes in police vehicles, according to personnel files released Friday.

Before Euclid, Amiott was an officer in Mentor, east of Cleveland. Amiott resigned in April 2014 after an internal investigation concluded he had lied to other officers when explaining why he stopped a man for a suspended driver’s license.

Mentor personnel files show that Amiott was cited for two vehicle accidents, eight speeding violations and one motorcycle violation while he was on a learner’s permit before he was hired as an officer. In his application, Amiott indicated that the “danger” aspect of being an officer was one reason he was drawn to the job.

Police Chief Scott Meyer apologized Wednesday for not having responded publicly in “a more timely fashion.” Mayor Kirsten Gail said the videos “raise some very serious concerns.”

Both said the traffic stop would be “thoroughly” investigated to determine whether the officer followed departmental rules and procedures.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the Cleveland branch of the NAACP issued a statement saying they are “profoundly concerned.”

“We are appalled by the brutality seen in these videos,” ACLU Executive Director J. Bennett Guess said. “This behavior underscores a disturbing pattern of extreme use of force by police in our state and across our nation.”
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/18/dashcam-video-shows-white-cop-punching-black-man-during-stop/

The Dashcam:


Cell Phone Video:
 
Richard Hubbard III, who was pulled over on suspicion of having a suspended driver’s license...

So how could a cop suspect that someone driving a car has a suspended license? Did he know this guy?
 
Wow ... Why is the officer straddling the guy ... how does he expect to put handcuffs on the guy when he is laying on his back ... and how is it that two officers couldn't control this guy at all.
I would sue the pants off of these cops ... especially with his history.
 
So how could a cop suspect that someone driving a car has a suspended license? Did he know this guy?
When they ran the plates, it came back that the car's owner had a suspended license, I couldn't make out much after that. I wonder why they ran the plates, guilty of DWB?
 
That is exactly what I was wondering. If he had some other violation (tail light out, illegal turn, etc), they surely would have charged him with it. So that seems to leave DWB.
 
So how could a cop suspect that someone driving a car has a suspended license? Did he know this guy?
Because he's a racist piece of shit.
Not to mention a loose cannon.
I'm blown away that is union is standing behind him
With all his past reprimands and the circumstance of resigning from the other police dept. I would think they would quietly withdraw from him.
 
The actions cannot be defended by the cops.
They will be paying out large $$.
The cop union are dicks protecting scumbag thugs like this which is why no one takes them seriously.

As for sitting on the vics chest...
major no no.
A decent defence lawyer will correctly point out that once this was done it put the victim into a panic mode over suffocation.
Once that is proven, the cop is effed.
The partner is also guilty for not stopping it.
The partner backed off once Arniott starts going ballistic and chest sitting.
This hints at the partner knowing it was incorrect restraint and subdue technique.

Sue these pricks out of their uniforms and jobs.
Bankrupt them and the PD.

These are not police.
These guys are pigs.
 
As for sitting on the vics chest,
A decent defence lawyer will correctly point out that once this was done it put the victim into a panic mode over suffocation.
Once that is proven, the cop is effed.

For me panic mode and suffocation don't have anything to do with it ... regardless if its a big no no or not ... when you detain someone you hand cuff them ... they teach a whole class in cop school on the right and the wrong way to do and this cop clearly missed it ... or doesn't care.
 
Case of a psycho cop ..his fucking ego way to big

I do hope the guy gets what he deserves like enough money to pay for his suspended licence and what ever got him to get a suspended licence ..and all medical etc.
But to put all policeman in this category is wrong ..We do need the good ones .
 
The city of Euclid has reached a $450,000 settlement with Richard Hubbard and Yolimar Tirado.

Euclid Police Officer Michael Amiott was caught on video assaulting the men in 2017.
Amiott was terminated from the Euclid Police Department, but an arbitrator ruled in October 2018 he could rejoin the force.

In August 2019, Amiott was charged with two counts of assault and one count of interfering with civil rights.
The trial is among those that have been suspended as courts grapple with the novel coronavirus pandemic. No new date has yet been set.
 

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