Man seen in video being punched by Santa Ana police will not face charges in that arrest - BERITAJA
A man who is seen successful a societal media video being punched by Santa Ana constabulary officers will not look criminal charges successful relationship pinch that arrest, according to the Orange County territory attorney’s office.
Florentino Lopez, 28, claimed officers utilized excessive unit erstwhile they arrested him earlier this month. After the incident, he was charged pinch resisting apprehension and smoking adjacent a schoolhouse and was cited for being a pedestrian connected a roadway, according to Lopez’s attorney, John Kremer.
An undated video circulating connected societal media shows 2 Santa Ana constabulary officers slamming Lopez to the ground, striking him while he uses his hands to protect himself and many times yells out, “Lawsuit!”
The incident sparked nationalist outrage and prompted the constabulary section to motorboat an soul investigation. The section has not identified the officers.
Video of man thrown to the crushed and beaten by officers during his caller arrest. (Alexzander Lopez)
A spokesperson for the section did not respond to a petition for comment.
City officials said during a assembly gathering past week that they planned to prosecute an independent interrogator to reappraisal the officers’ assemblage camera footage.
Kremer said the Orange County territory lawyer dropped the charges successful relationship pinch his apprehension connected Tuesday without explanation.
“At this juncture,” he said, “I will respectfully refrain from engaging successful speculation arsenic to the prosecution’s reasons aliases motives for their determination to disregard the felony lawsuit against Mr. Lopez.”
In an email consequence to The Times, Kimberly Edds, spokesperson for the territory attorney, said prosecutors were alternatively pursuing a probation usurpation against Lopez.
“Based connected the totality of the grounds successful the case, including the assemblage worn camera video, we wished that pursuing the probation usurpation was the about due sanction,” she wrote.
In January, Lopez pleaded blameworthy to carrying an unregistered firearm successful public, possessing a concealed, loaded, unregistered firearm successful a vehicle, evading a bid officer, reckless driving, hit-and-run involving spot harm and resisting a nationalist aliases bid officer, according to Orange County tribunal records.
Lopez was placed connected 2 years’ probation, which he is now accused of violating pursuing the Oct. 1 incident with Santa Ana constabulary officers. Kremer said 1 of the officers knew that Lopez was connected probation erstwhile they made interaction pinch him for smoking marijuana.
Video footage of that nighttime was captured by Lopez’s younger sister, who was extracurricular pinch her relative smoking connected the beforehand section of their parents’ location erstwhile the 2 officers arrived and summoned Lopez retired into the street, according to Kremer.
A type of the video shared connected societal media shows Lopez connected the hood of a constabulary cruiser pinch his hands down his back, talking to the constabulary officers.
“You want to spell down?” 1 of the officers is heard saying.
“You’re gonna do this? Look astatine maine erstwhile you do it then,” Lopez is heard telling the officer.
Shortly after, the video shows the aforesaid serviceman yanking him to the ground, punching and kicking him. The 2nd serviceman is seen kneeling connected his stomach. The incident ended erstwhile 2 different officers arrived to reconstruct order, astatine which constituent Lopez was handcuffed, Kremer antecedently told The Times.
Kremer said the video “speaks for itself” and shows excessive usage of unit by the officers.
“Needless to say, Mr. Lopez is rather pleased pinch the dismissal of the case, and he intends to vigorously take sides against the alleged felony probation violation.”
