Cops Busted Breaking Man’s Wrist For No Reason (VIDEO)

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Benjamin Farias, Bronx High School basketball Coach, on why police arrested him without cause, "for fun, maybe?" (Bronx News 12)

New video of yet another abuse of power by street cops has surfaced, and this one is remarkable for an admission of guilt – by the police. This video shows the April 20th arrest in the Bronx, New York of 26 year old Benjamin Farias, a High School basketball coach who moonlights as an actor and model, and was captured on Farias' cell phone camera.

"I felt as though they pulled me over and abused me for sport."

I knew something was wrong, so I decided to film," Farias told reporters Stephen Rex Brown and Caitlin Nolan of the NY Daily News. Farias placed his phone in a cup holder. He was then asked to step out of the vehicle by an officer. Farias complied without argument, and was immediately handcuffed. Clearly alarmed and upset about being arrested for no apparent reason, Farias repeatedly asked why he was being arrested, the officer responded "you don't want to resist", and tightened the cuffs, then shoved Farias roughly into the cruiser, fracturing Farias' wrist due to the tightness of the cuffs.

"I felt as though they pulled me over and abused me for sport," Farias told the News. Indeed, the reason for the stop, much less the arrest, is murky. Farias' lawsuit states that the officers gave many excuses. When the officers claimed he was being arrested for a suspended license, he produced documentation from the clerk's office in Bethlehem New York, proving that the suspension had been lifted. The officers ignored that. When officers claimed a plastic bag looked like it could contain a weapon, and asked him if he had a weapon, Farias replied no repeatedly, even having to say "how many times do I have to say 'No!'?"

The officers were clearly aware of the camera from the start as well, as one can be heard saying "it's all on camera". Farias, clearly aware of the rash of police violence being caught on camera in America replies, "it's not about it being on camera. I'm not one of those people that are trying to [unintelligible]. I'm asking you questions."

Hours later, following Farias' release from the 52nd Precinct, officers claimed he was stopped because of an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror. "It's a basic air freshener everybody uses — I'll never use it again though," Farias told the News.

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One officer proceeded to search the red Mercedes Farias was driving, which was on loan to Farias from his girlfriend's mother, while the other questioned their prisoner. Climbing into the vehicle through the driver's door, the officer can be clearly seen reaching out for the phone, and flipping it over in an attempt to hide his actions. But he makes a crucial mistake – forgetting that the phone is not just recording video, it's recording audio as well.

"Just put cocaine test," his partner tells him conspiratorially, with a laugh, "that's what you put. That's how you write the summons."

The audio captures the sound of the policeman digging about in the car. Police are trained to verbalize what they find as they search a vehicle, and the officer's voice can be heard as he names the one and only thing he finds in the car – a cookie.

The final 20 seconds of the audio is what really nails these bullies with badges for their misconduct, however. The officer who had interrogated Farias can be heard asking his partner, "I don't even know why we pulled him over. He's like, 'What's the reason why you pulled me over?'"

"Just put cocaine test," his partner tells him conspiratorially, with a laugh, "that's what you put. That's how you write the summons."

It seems that one of the officers then realized that Farias' cell phone probably just recorded that admission of guilt, as they conspired to get their stories straight and cover-up the false arrest by excessive force, and attempt to entrap him a law abiding citizen who had done nothing wrong, because then one of the officers can be heard saying "Yeah, so…" and then the camera is grabbed, and shut off.

Officers must have failed to delete the video and hide the evidence in the two hours they held Mr. Farias in custody in the precinct house, because when Farias got his phone, he was able to find the video, much to his relief.

"It was almost like eureka! I knew something was up. I felt like I got cheated because I had no evidence," Farias told the Daily News, "I could finally tell a story that somebody would believe."

Farias is suing. The NYPD declined to comment.

Watch the video, below (be sure to listen closely to the last 20 seconds):

 

Featured photo by Keith Allison 

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