Michigan officer suffered a broken leg and torn ligaments after a passenger refused commands during a traffic stop


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Police say the man was not wearing a seatbelt, declined to show ID, and would not exit the vehicle. Officers used force to remove him after he resisted.

The suspect is now facing multiple charges.

Video shows Grand Rapids police officers punching a man as they tried to pull from a car and arrest him.

The man is 21-year-old Emran Sharifi, who was the passenger in a car during a traffic stop, court documents show. Police say the driver failed to use a turn signal while making a turn from Kalamazoo Avenue SE on to Dickinson Street SE, prompting the stop.

Officers then noticed Sharifi was not wearing a seat belt, court documents said. He told them he had taken it off as they were approaching the car. Officers asked him his name. They say he Sharifi refused to provide it and wouldn’t provide identification. Officers told Sharifi that if he did not provide his name or ID, he would be placed under arrest for failure to identify. They say he still refused to comply.
Sharifi was then told he was under arrest. Court records say he resisted.

At some point during this encounter, the driver of the vehicle began recording on his cellphone. In the video, officers can be seen struggling to remove Sharifi from the car. A few seconds in, officers appear to punch Sharifi in the face.

National police procedure expert Roy Taylor told News 8 that he disagreed with the punch to the face as a tactic.

“What the video does depict is that one of the officers at one point strikes the passenger in the chin a few times, which in my opinion was not consistent with current policing methods,” Taylor said. “I reserve punching in the face for active resistance, meaning that the person we’re trying to take into custody is aggressively assaulting law enforcement officers.”

The video continues to show officers struggle to remove Sharifi from the car. At one point, officers punch his leg multiple times. Taylor said that is a standard tactic.

“They’re trying to use pain compliance to we call “change the channel”: Get the person’s thought off of resisting by blocking his legs. Now he’s thinking about the pain in his thigh or other parts of his body,” Taylor explained.

Sharifi was eventually dragged out of the car to the ground, landing on an officer’s leg, the video shows. Police say that officer’s leg was broken.

The video has sparked questions about whether the use of force was appropriate.
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3 +1 WhitePower26 54 minutes ago

Dumb spics. God they are a stupid race.

4 +1 tommix1 1 hour ago

Utility belt needs a framing hammer to adjust kneecaps.

3 +1 SoWhatHappenedWas 1 hour ago

Cop sounds like a lil bitch. Wait til his children see and hear this. Grand Rapids is the home of Amway, you know that legal pyramid scheme stuff. He probably sells it while handing out tickets. Their built different on that side of the state.