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Five Miami Beach cops are facing criminal charges, accused of using excessive force during the arrests of two men at a local hotel last week.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced charges against Sgt. Jose Perez and Officers Kevin Perez, Robert Sabater, Steven Serrano and David Rivas at a news conference Monday.
All five Miami police officers have been charged with assault, a first degree misdemeanor.
Additional charges may follow, though, Rundle said.
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"Excessive force can never, never, never be an acceptable basis for policing any community," Rundle said.
He added that police officers who forget that "do a disservice to the people they have sworn to serve."
The incident, recorded by cameras
The alleged July 26 incidents were captured on hotel surveillance footage and recorded on police cameras, according to Rundle, who reproduced edited, captioned and highlighted portions of them at the press conference.
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The event began when Daltona Crudup allegedly hit an officer with his scooter and then fled to the Royal Palm hotel, Rundle said.
Surveillance video shows the policeman responding by pulling him out of an elevator, and Crudup could be seen lying face down on the ground with his hands raised.
Then they handcuff him.
According to Rundle, surveillance and bodycam footage shows Sergeant Perez and Agent Perez kicking Crudup.
The video identifies Pérez as the policeman who is seen banging his head on the floor.
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Khalid Vaughn, shown in surveillance and body camera footage filming Crudup's arrest, is first seen slowly walking away from an oncoming officer.
He is then accosted and beaten by Officer Sabater, according to Rundle.
He is later beaten again by officers Rivas and Serrano, he added.
The state attorney said the charges against Vaughn have been dropped, but the case against Crudup for allegedly hitting the police officer with his scooter is ongoing at this time.
Miami cops relieved of duty
The five officers have been relieved of their duties pending an investigation into the case, according to Miami Beach Police Chief Richard Clements.
"When we saw that kick to the head and then we repeat it and see all the other kicks that preceded it, it was just unfathomable, it was indescribable, it's just inexcusable," Rundle said.
"I'm not alone in that feeling. I saw the boss watch that video and his head just fell on the desk. So we're all really horrified," she emphasized.
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It is unclear if the agents have additional legal representation.
CNN is trying to reach them.
Miami Beach Cops FOP Lodge 8, the union representing the officers, has not yet responded to CNN's request for comment.
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Clements said the department will learn from this, move on and improve, but this incident is not a fair representation of who they are.
"I'm disappointed that this is there and represents our department the way it does when they know we are so much better than that," the chief said at the press conference.
"I tell you, I have seen some tremendous accomplishments from this police department in the last 18 months, dealing with a variety of things that they have given us," he said.
"This is not indicative of who we are. It is not indicative of the work we have done," he concluded.
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