‘Long History of Corruption’: Florida Cop Who Allegedly Slept with Wife of Man He Arrested for Murder Accused of Framing Black Teen Who Was Exonerated After 16 Years In Prison

At the age of 19, Emmanuel Jean was two days away from attending college on a full football scholarship when an alleged corrupt police officer accused him of murdering a store clerk, pressuring two other young men to testify against him, resulting in Jean being sentenced to life in prison. The Black Haitian-American from South Florida ended up spending 16 years in prison before he was exonerated in 2023 and released from prison after a Miami-Dade judge determined there was no evidence connecting him to the crime. No gun. No DNA. And no video. Last week, the 37-year-old man filed a lawsuit against the North Miami Police Department as well as the two cops who arrested him, accusing them of false arrest, false prosecution, malicious prosecution and deprivation of his civil rights. He is seeking more than $16.9 million in damages – a million dollars for each year he served. Emmanuel Jean spent 16 years in prison on a false murder charge before he was released last year, left, and is now working as a legal assistant for the same law firm that is suing the North Miami Beach Police Department (Photo: Emmanuel Jean family). The North Miami Beach Police...