Michigan man: I needed eye surgery after police beating
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Activists are demanding the resignation of five suburban Detroit officers after a drunken driver says he was arrested, restrained in a chair at a police department and repeatedly punched in the head.
Video of the August 2015 incident was aired Monday on WJBK-TV (http://bit.ly/2h6Oe7K ).
Frankie Taylor, who is black, is suing five officers and the police chief in Eastpointe, alleging excessive force. He says he needed eye surgery after the beating.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The video shows five officers trying to restrain Taylor in a chair while one of them strikes him and repeatedly says, "stop resisting." In a court filing, attorneys for the suburb say any force was reasonable, not illegal.
A Detroit pastor, the Rev. W.J. Rideout III, says Taylor was a victim of racism by white officers.