‘On Your Knees!’: Video Shows White Ohio Cop Deliver Flying Kick to Black Man’s Head While He’s on the Ground, Chief Defends Officers’ Actions In ‘Stressful, Dangerous Situations’

A viral video, corroborated by newly released bodycam footage shows an Ohio police officer running up to a Black man as he knelt on the ground with his hands in the air and kicking him while he was complying. Jaemiier McElroy ended up hospitalized with a concussion, according to his attorney. He was arrested on charges of obstructing official business and resisting arrest – but the video shows he was neither resisting nor obstructing. But Canton Police Chief John Gabbard defended the officer, whose name is Brandon Momirov, by saying, “Our officers frequently face stressful, dangerous situations and confrontations with armed suspects.” The image on the left shows Jaemiier McElroy complying with police orders by kneeling and holding his hands in the air when Canton police officer Brandon Momirov, circled in the photo on the right, comes running up and kicks him in the head (Photo from video screenshots). “Their dedication to the community has resulted in exceptional reductions in violence, especially gun violence, over the past two years,” Gabbard said in a statement to the media. But McElroy’s attorney, Bobby DiCello, said the chief’s statement was “laughable” considering the attorney is representing six separate cases of police abuse committed...