Detroit Carjacking Suspect Kicked By Police Set For Trial
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A trial is scheduled to start for a Detroit man seen in a video being punched and kicked by police during his arrest for carjacking, robbery and other charges.
Fifty-one-year-old Andrew Jackson was arrested Jan. 12 by auto-theft unit officers. A woman made a video showing Grosse Pointe Park and Highland Park officers beating and kicking him in a Detroit neighborhood. The officers were working with a regional auto-theft unit.
A bench trial is scheduled Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit.
[Watch the video HERE >>Note: Extremely Strong Language]
Jackson has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the officers. The prosecutor's office in April said there would be no charges against the officers.
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Jackson is an ex-convict who was released from prison in 2013.
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