SARASOTA, Fla. – A Florida police officer pressed his knee into the neck of a handcuffed black man a week before the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, a bystander’s video released this week shows - a release that has prompted a departmental investigation and the officer being placed on leave.
Two Sarasota officers are seen on video holding down Patrick Carroll, 27, as they arrested him May 18 on domestic violence charges for allegedly attacking a woman by pulling her hair, striking her and throwing her to the ground.
One officer put his knee on Carroll's neck as he lied face down on the street as another appears to be tightening the handcuffs holding his arms behind his back.