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Miami Gardens Police Officer To Be Charged After Video Shows Him With Knee On Woman’s Neck

A Miami Gardens police officer seen on video pressing his knee onto the neck of a woman is expected to be charged with battery and official misconduct, the Miami Herald has learned.

The expected charging of Jordy Martel came more than a week after Miami Gardens police fired him from his job as a patrol officer . The arrest also comes as protests against police brutality have unfolded across the nation following the death of George Floyd , who died after a Minneapolis cop pressed his knee on his neck for more than eight minutes.

Jordy, a police officer for less than two years, is expected to surrender Thursday morning. The State Attorney’s Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a press release announcing a 2:30 p.m. press conference to “discuss the charging a former Miami Gardens police officer.”

To read more, visit our news partner at the Miami Herald.

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