Ex-Miami Gardens Police Officer Charged After Kneeling On Pregnant Black Woman’s Neck
Ex-Mami Gardens police officer Jordy Yanes Martel has been arrested and charged with battery and official misconduct after kneeling on a pregnant black woman’s neck while tasing her multiple times in the stomach.
While the incident occurred in January, footage has been released along with notice of his firing and charges. The woman has been identified as 33-year-old Safiya Satchell, who was a few weeks pregnant at the time, and would unfortunately lose her child.
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Police say they arrived to a strip club called Tootsies Cabaret after receiving a call that Satchell got into an argument with the manager over food. Subsequently, the manager asked police to cite her with a trespassing warning. As Satchell tried to leave, ex-officer Martel asked her to come to his patrol car to show identification. She refused, saying she didn’t have shoes on. Martel became angry and went to drag her out of her car and begin tasing her.
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