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New Bodycam Footage Shows Miami Police Officer Violently Arresting a Pregnant 20-Twelvemonth-Onetime, Knocking Her Unconscious

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Locals in Miami and around the world are shocked after viewing a newly-released torso photographic camera video that shows a Miami police officer employ violence and brutality confronting twenty-yr-old Julissa Burgos. Now, even subsequently the police officer's resignation, many are notwithstanding demanding justice from the department.

Back in November 2020, Burgos and a Miami police force officer engaged in a heated exchange later the possessor of Valero Gas Station called police force to kick her out. Law officeholder Miguel Hernandez arrived, and an internal affairs investigation showed that "Ms. Burgos [walked] past officer Hernandez'due south vehicle, [appeared] to plow her cigarette off on his vehicle and [connected] to walk across the street."

At that point, the body camera video shows Hernandez get increasingly aroused, ordering Burgos to clean his car. Burgos asks, "where is your warrant for arrest?" and says she is pregnant. Hernandez replies, "you lot're going to go to jail so fast" maxim she will be arrested "for vandalizing." At that betoken, the state of affairs escalates much further, when both Hernandez and another constabulary officer begin to use excessive force in Burgos' arrest.

The two police officers grab Burgos equally she resists and cries out, "help me."

Both officers can be seen using a clear brandish of force on her, as she screams and cries. The officers throw her on the floor and say "finish resisting," only Burgos once more says she is meaning and continues to yell out, "help me." They put her in the back of the police force vehicle as Burgos says, "I can't breathe." In an official complaint filed after the incident, the now 22-year-former explained, "I suffer from stress-induced seizures. I accept no command over when it happens."

Although the commutation is hard enough to watch, at that point the video gets worse. Burgos talks about her seizures, and she spits on Hernandez. The officer reacts by grabbing Burgos by the neck, and throwing her on the ground. Clearly knocked unconscious, the other officer looks up in shock, screaming, "what the hell did you practice?"

Onlookers begin to walk up to the officers, yelling near them having gone too far. The officers then telephone call for fire rescue to arrive on the scene.

Burgos was so arrested for assault on a police officeholder and criminal mischief, with her mugshot showing swelling and bruising on her face. A later Internal Diplomacy investigation led to Hernandez resigning from the Miami Police Section in June 2021.

The Civilian Investigative Panel met on Tuesday to discuss Burgos' rough arrest, although constabulary say the 22-year-old is not cooperating with the investigation.

While 7News says Burgos' father is "infuriated" with Hernandez and wants to see justice served, a memo released by the Miami-Dade State Attorney'southward role said Hernandez will not be prosecuted merely can no longer be a police force officer in Florida. The memo explains, "the complainant, Julissa Burgos, did non desire to cooperate with a prosecution past going to trial… she was concerned about her individual case."

The memo also describes how Burgos and her father are allegedly "satisfied" that Hernandez is no longer able to be a police officer. Even so, every bit reported past Local ten, the Civilian Investigative Console's review for misconduct Tuesday agreed that "more i officeholder is responsible for what went wrong." They adamant "four total" but two no longer work for the department, then "options are limited" when information technology comes to consequences.

The panel reviewed the videos for "months," proverb they were "surprised, stunned, shocked, even disgusted" when viewing the footage. The Oversight Committee deemed Hernandez'south actions "excessive" and "should be criminal." On the panel, Stephen Navarrete said, "there wasn't a signal at all in that video where the officer was de-escalating the state of affairs."

Sometime Miami chief Art Acevedo filed a lawsuit against the city later on he was fired, citing Hernandez not being charged as testify of "a pattern of a coverup of excessive force cases to protect cops." He as well explained he was trying to alter that.

Every bit per Local x, the State Attorney's office says criminal charges against Hernandez are "unlikely" considering Burgos is non cooperating with investigations. Meanwhile, a sergeant involved in the case retired after he admitted to fabricating a police report, and two more officers involved are however working for the department — although the console recommended they be disciplined for "improper employ" of body cameras.

Miami-based documentary picture show director Billy Corben shared on his Instagram on Wednesday that both Sergeant Carlos Mendez, who lied in the report, and Hernandez, were allowed to keep their pensions after resigning. He likewise included a screenshot from 2018 of an alleged text exchange between former member of the Miami Civilian Investigative Panel Daniel Suarez and electric current Miami Mayor Francis Suarez that shows the Mayor maxim that problems within the police department "are made up."

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