WDIV has obtained video of Inkser police yucking it up, congratulating one another and mocking motorist Floyd Dent in front of Dent who was in the station after being beaten by an Inkster cop during a traffic stop in January.
Scenes show one officer pretending to be Dent while he was being beaten and choked, Kevin Dietz reports. The officer accused of the beating, William Melendez, has been fired and faces criminal charges in the beating. The chief resigned.
The mocking and laughing all goes on while Dent is in the station, suffering from a closed head injury, broken ribs, and a fractured orbital, Dietz reports. Initially, Dent is denied medical attention.
Dent's attorney Greg Rohl tells WDIV;
“I feel like I have to apologize as a white male in America for what happened to Floyd Dent. It’s an outrage. I’m absolutely stunned and disturbed that this could happen.”
Other officers linked to the incident are now under investigation, WDIV reports.
