Brawl video puts embattled Detroit police commissioner back in the spotlight


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Detroit Police Commissioner Darious Morris is making no apologies for what he did-or did not do-when he found himself in the midst of a violent brawl happening Tuesday in the city.

He got what comes behind it. He got a hard lesson, and I was not about to stop it, Morris said of a man who was seen being repeatedly punched after a brawl erupted.

The Detroit Police Department is aware of the video, according to a spokesperson, and is actively looking into what happened.

You dont have to get the police involved all the time, Morris said. This is a situation where there was mutual combat.

It started, Morris said, when two women began to fight. Morris and others were in the crowd watching. Morris was not seen throwing any punches but says at some point, he observed a man strike a woman.

Someone decided to intervene, pushed him off of her, once he pushed him off of her, the man got up went to retaliate against him. Swung on him twice. He ducked the punch and was able to pick him up and put him on his back, he said.

And with the person who Morris says was the aggressor on his back, another man is seen repeatedly punching him while hes on the ground. Morris is wearing the black t-shirt and a Detroit police hat with a gold badge on the front.

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When he was punching him, you were kind of swinging into the air. As if you were almost egging him on, said 7s Ross Jones.

I was just saying watch the face shots though. Watch the face shots though, replied Morris.

Is that an appropriate thing for a police commissioner to say in a fight? asked Jones.

Watch the face shots? Because if you hit ... in the wrong way or you hit him in the head or anything, something else could happen, said Morris.

With the man still on the ground, he is then kicked in the face. Morris can be seen pushing the man back.

Did you have a duty to intervene when he was being punched on the ground. asked Jones.

I did intervene, hes had enough. I told him he had enough, in the midst, said Morris.

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When asked how Morris decided the point when the man had enough, Morris responded, Because I am a mixed martial arts fighter, so Im observing body language.

Morris never called Detroit police, he said, because he believed someone else in the crowd already had. While he says he believed he witnessed domestic violence, he did not stay for police to arrive to provide a statement.

Im not going to put myself in harms way, Im not going to do the polices job. Im not going to give nobody a reason to think that Im picking a side in the fight, said Morris.

It kind of seemed like you were though, as you were swinging in the air as hes getting punched in the face, said Jones.

If you notice, my body language is that of a mixed-martial arts referee, said Morris.

The Detroit police released the following statement to 7 News Detroit:

The Detroit Police Department is aware of a video trending on social media where an individual is seen wearing a hat, displaying a gold police-style badge. We are actively looking into this matter.
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2 +1 Dontlookatmeiamugly 2 weeks ago

Detroit deserves a commissioner like him. A man who appreciates black on black violence. Carry on.

1 +1 JobyFluorine 2 weeks ago

@Dontlookatmeiamugly L'Darious will turn things around, for sure!

3 +1 QuartPlus8oz 2 weeks ago

Whites, what little are left in Detroit, need to vote their own color or seek office themselves.

1 +1 SoWhatHappenedWas 2 weeks ago

@QuartPlus8oz There's alot more than you'd imagine, mainly "kids" and crazy gay dudes living ghetto fabulous in former mansiins owned by auto barons, etc.

I sold one of the last White women left house about 20 years ago:
Her: "I'm the last White person left around here ya know".
Me: "I can tell".
Her: "How?".
Me: "There's no iron bars on the doors or windows". (They're going to protect her like a Queen because they want that pristine original owner house for pennies on the $ when the time comes. Noooobody better bother that White woman).

0 +1 QuartPlus8oz 2 weeks ago

@SoWhatHappenedWas I would love it to be that once proud city it was. It will take another patriot like Henry Ford to do it.

1 +1 SoWhatHappenedWas 2 weeks ago

@QuartPlus8oz IronicallyHeney Ford's grave is about 1/2 mile from the house I mentioned above. There's a steel grate over it.

1 +1 JobyFluorine 2 weeks ago

@QuartPlus8oz Just leave. It's too late to fix that shithole. White Flight is so bad there coloured families are leaving too.

3 +1 Browser12 2 weeks ago

they are even fatigue with each other

8 +1 JobyFluorine 2 weeks ago

The cultural enrichment is astonishing.

8 +1 RugerOne 2 weeks ago

To Chimp or Not to Chimp is the Question!!! Worst F*cking Purchase in American History!!! ????

0 +1 dingus369 2 weeks ago

@RugerOne The slave markets were closed on Saturdays

11 +1 sirmrmikey 2 weeks ago

I was waiting for the n0gger head kick.