Three 3 Miami Beach Officers Now Face Felony Charges In Rough Arrest At Hotel(video Inside)

It is still a mys­tery to me why it takes so long for police offi­cers to be arrest­ed when they com­mit crimes for every­one to see?
When ordi­nary mem­bers of the pub­lic com­mit crimes they’re imme­di­ate­ly arrest­ed. When Black and Bron Americans com­mit the most minor infrac­tion they are sum­mar­i­ly gunned down at the drop of a hat.
So, I am yet to under­stand the long delays and tor­tured process that goes into arrest­ing those who have a high­er bur­den [not] to break the laws?
We have all seen the videos now mur­der in plain sight; yet to get jus­tice when police are involved is like find­ing water in the Saraha. It is as dif­fi­cult as putting a camel through a needle’s eye.
Why is that? (mb)

WATCH THE VIDEO AND PROSECUTOR’S STATEMENTS BELOW.

STORY

In a statement Thursday, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said that after receiving medical records and after further investigation into the July 26 incident at the Royal Palm Hotel, the misdemeanor charges that had been previously filed have been upgraded.

In a state­ment Thursday, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said that after receiv­ing med­ical records and after fur­ther inves­ti­ga­tion into the July 26 inci­dent at the Royal Palm Hotel, the mis­de­meanor charges that had been pre­vi­ous­ly filed have been upgraded.“All aspects of this July 26^th police inci­dent are tak­en very seri­ous­ly by my pros­e­cu­tors,” Fernandez Rundle’s state­ment read. “The inves­ti­ga­tion has been and will be as thor­ough and com­plete as pos­si­ble since our entire com­mu­ni­ty has been shocked and offend­ed by what we have seen

Sgt. Jose Perez and Officer Kevin Perez now face felony bat­tery charges, while Officer Steven Serrano faces an offi­cial mis­con­duct charge. The new charges will be offi­cial­ly brought before a cir­cuit court judge next week.
Two oth­er offi­cers — Robert Sabater and David Rivas — face mis­de­meanor charges in the incident.
The inci­dent began when offi­cials said offi­cers approached 24-year-old Daltona Crudup for park­ing a scoot­er ille­gal­ly on 9^th Street and Ocean Court. Crudup fled from offi­cers and struck an offi­cer with the scoot­er, offi­cials said. The offi­cer had to be hos­pi­tal­ized with a leg injury that required crutches.
While try­ing to get away, Crudup ran into the lob­by of the hotel on Collins Avenue, where offi­cers took him into custody.
Surveillance footage showed Crudup run into an ele­va­tor at the hotel, where he had been stay­ing. Right behind him was an offi­cer who took him into cus­tody at gunpoint.

But moments lat­er, sev­er­al more offi­cers respond­ed and Crudup was kicked in the head mul­ti­ple times while he was on the ground and in hand­cuffs, Fernandez Rundle said. A sec­ond man, 28-year-old Khalid Vaughn, start­ed tak­ing video of Crudup’s arrest with his phone, and was arrest­ed on charges of resist­ing an offi­cer and inter­fer­ing with a law enforce­ment inves­ti­ga­tion, offi­cials said. Body-worn footage showed an offi­cer tack­ling Vaughn before anoth­er offi­cer is seen repeat­ed­ly punch­ing him in the rib cage area, Fernandez Rundle said. The charges were lat­er dropped against Vaughn. Fernandez Rundle said Crudup did not sign the HIPPA waiv­er to allow pros­e­cu­tors to view his med­ical records until Aug. 25, and that’s when pros­e­cu­tors were able to ful­ly review the extent of Crudup’s injuries.“A deep­er under­stand­ing of the actu­al injuries was nec­es­sary to file these felony bat­tery charges,” Fernandez Rundle said.
The five offi­cers were placed on admin­is­tra­tive leave fol­low­ing the inci­dent, and have been sus­pend­ed. (NBC Miami reports)