Video surfaces of Fla. police officer hitting woman

Rookie Jacksonville officer fired after being charged with battery

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ā€“ Video appearing to come from a dashboard camera shows a Jacksonville police officer hitting a woman face down the pavement four times in the back outside a Southside gentlemen's club. The video surfaced one day after a rookie Jacksonville officer was charged with battery on a woman in handcuffs outside the jail.

UndersheriffĀ Pat Ivey announced Thursday thatĀ AkinyemiĀ Borisade, 26, was fired. Video of that incident released byĀ the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office showsĀ BorisadeĀ hitting 31-year-old Mayra Martinez while she was handcuffed as she was being checked into the Duval County Jail.

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Video obtained Friday morning shows two officers trying to arrest a woman who is flailing on the ground. The video showed an officer with his back to the camera hit the woman four times.

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The new video, with a Wednesday timestamp, appears to be shot in front of Scores, an adult club on University Boulevard at Philips Highway -- the same day and location where Martinez was arrested.Ā She was charged with trespassing and resisting police.

According to her police report, Martinez was drunk and belligerent when two officers, including Borisade, showed up at the bar to escort her from the property. She was hired by Scores, but quit on her first day of work. She resisted their efforts to handcuff her and tried to kick and bite the officers, the report said.

She continued to kick and fight in the patrol car and was placed in more restraints, the report said.

While waiting to be booked into the jail, Martinez can be seen on the video kicking Borisade in the leg, and Borisade retaliates by hitting her several times.

"He could have turned her around and held her in a transporting position that they are trained in back over to the location to wait by the door," Ivey said. "He could have stood there with her, but there was no need to strike her."

Corrections officers who witnessed the incident reported it to their supervisors, and the JSO Integrity Unit investigated it.

In the video released by the JSO, the corrections officers stand and watch before one steps forward and puts his hand on Borisade. Gil Smith, News4Jax crime and safety analyst, said the surrounding officers could have intervened.

"They could have moved in. One officer did at least walk over and put his hand on the officer to stop him from continuing to punch the suspect. So I'm glad one officer did take action," Smith said. "Now in this particular situation, these other officers do have a person who is handcuffed. So they do have to keep a watch on him, if they engage with this officer no one is watching the prisoner."

Smith said the Sheriff's Office did the right thing by releasing the video to the public.

"They moved quickly. They didn't wait for this to get out on social media and then wait for pressure from the public. They reported, the corrections officers reported it. And they did an investigation and made an arrest," Smith said.

Ivey said that becauseĀ Borisade is a probationary officer, he can't appeal his firing, but he can ask for a name-clearing hearing with JSO. If he passes that he would regain the ability to be an officer with another agency.

This is not Borisade's first brush with the law. In 2008, when he was 19-years-old, reports show he took items into a dressing room from a store at the Regency Square Mall and came out without them and tried to leave the store without paying. The report shows he admitted to doing it. He later pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor property crime.

According to JSO's website, officers can't have been convicted of any felony, or misdemeanors involving false statement, perjury or domestic violence.
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