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State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said officers facing battery charges in July 26 incident
Published August 2, 2021 •
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Five Miami Beach police officers are facing criminal charges after the rough arrests of two men at a hotel last week that were caught on camera, the Miami-Dade State Attorney s Office said Monday.
State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said the five officers are facing first-degree misdemeanor battery charges in the July 26 incident at the Royal Palm Hotel.
They were identified as Sgt. Jose Perez, Officer Kevin Perez, Officer Robert Sabater, Officer David Rivas and Officer Steven Serrano.
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Aug 2, 2021 at 6:55 pm ADT
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) Five Florida police officers have been charged with battery connected to the violent arrests of two Black men last week, prosecutors announced Monday.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle held a news conference to announce the first-degree misdemeanor charges against Miami Beach police Sgt. Jose Perez, Officer Kevin Perez, Officer Robert Sabater, Officer David Rivas and Officer Steven Serrano. The officers had previously been suspended, and Fernandez Rundle said additional charges might follow. All five officers turned themselves in earlier Monday.
Surveillance video shows an officer chase Dalonta Crudup, 24, into the lobby of the Royal Palm Hotel in South Beach in the early morning hours of July 26. The officer orders Crudup onto the ground at gunpoint, and Crudup complies. Moments later, more than a dozen other officers run into the lobby and surround Crudup, who can be seen
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Five Miami Beach police officers are facing criminal charges, accused of using excessive force during the arrests of two men at a local hotel last week.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced charges against Sgt. Jose Perez, and officers Kevin Perez, Robert Sabater, Steven Serrano and David Rivas at a news conference Monday.
The five officers have been charged with battery, a first-degree misdemeanor. Additional charges may follow, Rundle said. Excessive force can never, ever, ever be an acceptable foundation for the policing of any community, Rundle said, adding that officers who forget that do a grave disservice to the people they have sworn to serve.