Miami Beach police detective Philippe Archer has been suspended for a month’s pay after a video showed him punching and kicking a handcuffed model while she was in custody two years ago.
An internal affairs investigation found that Archer, a 19-year veteran of the department, violated the department’s rules on use of force and securing prisoners in custody, according to the internal affairs report. He will serve his suspension without pay on different days spread out through May, June and the beginning of July.
Surveillance footage taken from the parking garage behind Beach police headquarters on June 26, 2013, shows Archer punching the woman, Megan Adamescu, after she walked up to him, with her hands cuffed behind her back, and kicked him in the leg.
Archer then tried to kick her in the head as another officer pulled her away....Archer, who is black, reported that Adamescu started using racial slurs at the detective.
A passerby, Andrew Mossberg, saw this and thought he was witnessing a mugging. He decided to intervene. According to the police investigation, Mossberg called the police and stepped in even after Archer identified himself. Adamescu then hit a distracted Archer, who struck her and Mossberg in the ensuing struggle.http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article20213685.html
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