Man in Florida Uploaded Video of Taunting Officer Lacey for False Arrest

Footage has emerged of a bloodied and handcuffed suspect beingness openly taunted past police officers in Florida who drank from the man's soda while he pleaded to exist taken to hospital.

In a video obtained by Local x News, Khalid Vaughn, 28, is shown with blood running down his confront telling officers he did naught to warrant his arrest.

Co-ordinate to the news outlet, Vaughn was taken downwards and handcuffed by police while trying to film the arrest of another man, Dalonta Crudup, 24, on his cellphone inside the Royal Palm Hotel on South Embankment on July 26.

3 Miami Embankment constabulary officers are facing felony charges subsequently chirapsia a man who was filming them making an abort in the Royal Palm Hotel. 1 of the officers even drank the man's Gatorade in front of him afterward he was handcuffed. pic.twitter.com/DJU3DlFaAc
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 1, 2021

The incident involving Vaughn came to light on social media after erstwhile Federal Prosecutor Ron Filipowski shared a clip of the Local 10 News written report with over 216,000 followers on Twitter. At the time of writing, the video has been viewed nearly 30,000 times and retweeted by 1,200 users.

In the video, a visibly distressed Vaughn can be heard telling officers "You all beat me for no reason." An unnamed officer can be heard responding "Nosotros beat y'all for a reason" on the clip, which comes from a police body camera.

The handcuffed Vaughn continues to plead his innocence on the footage. "I didn't resist. I wasn't arrested," he says. "I backed up. You all said dorsum upward. Somebody said xx feet and I backed upward. And what happened? All of you charged me and vanquish me."

At this bespeak, an officer can exist heard interjecting to tell Vaughn to "stop crying."

"Stop crying? Look at my face up," he replies. "You all did that [expletive] for no reason," Vaughn said." An officer responds: "You chose your destiny."

Vaughn is heard rejecting this claim and expressing disbelief at the officer's remarks. "I did not. I backed upwards," he says. "That's kind of crazy. What do you hateful I chose my destiny? I backed up."

Later in the video, an officer tin can be seen taking Vaughn'south Gatorade and loudly gulping it while Vaughn asks: "Tin can you lot take me to the hospital? I tin experience myself bleeding."

Responding to the officeholder'south deliberately audible drinking, Vaughn says: "I don't know what y'all are getting out of that" to which the officer replies "I'one thousand getting hydrated." Towards the end of the footage, some other voice tin be heard telling Vaughn to go back to New York where he is from.

Body camera video footage also confirmed Vaughn did appear to comply with officers at the scene asking he movement dorsum, just prior to being attacked. The land attorney's function concurred with this view and has since dropped any charges of resisting an arrest with violence and impeding a police investigation.

However, 5 Miami Beach officers present at the scene have been charged with battery with three also facing felony charges related to the arrest of Crudup and Vaughn.

The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office announced last month that Sgt. Jose Perez and Officer Kevin Perez would exist charged with i count of felony battery each while Officer Steven Cerrano would be charged with i count of official misconduct.

Serrano and officers Robert Sabater and David Rivas are also facing misdemeanor battery charges.

Prosecutors took the decision following an investigation into the incident, which Vaughn had been attempting to film prior to his ain arrest.

Crudup was arrested on accusations of a scooter parking violation and that he struck an officeholder with his vehicle. He was initially charged with battery and aggravated set on but those charges have since been reduced to fleeing and eluding police and reckless driving.

Surveillance footage from within the Royal Palm Hotel shows Crudup being ordered onto the ground at gunpoint by officers. He complies and is shown on the ground with his hands behind his back before more than a dozen officers enter and surround him.

Prosecutors say body camera footage then shows the handcuffed Crudup being kicked multiple times. It besides shows Vaughn being tackled to the floor and repeatedly punched despite moving back as requested.

Miami Embankment police told Local x News: "Nosotros remain committed to the process and assuasive the investigation to take its course."

Newsweek has contacted Miami Beach police for comment.

Law brutality remains a constant cause for concern in the U.S.

Merely a few weeks ago, two officers in San Antonio, Texas came in for criticism after arresting a Black man out jogging who was mistaken for a domestic violence doubtable.

In another incident, a 16-yr-old Black girl was filmed being bodyslammed by a school resources officer in an action that drew widespread criticism.