Belize City resident Floyd Mcnab is alleging police brutality against an officer that he says punched him in the mouth. Mcnab says that he was taking an evening circle on his bike last Friday, accompanied by his young daughter, when police confronted him over a stick of weed that he'd stuck behind his ear. Here's his version of how the incident played out.
Floyd Elston McNab, Alleges Police Brutality
"I decided to stop and take a trim and the officers just passed, and like they saw a little crowd and they swung back at the lane and they drove in the yard. The man came to me and told me to give him the weed. I took the weed from behind my ears and I give the man the weed and he punch me in my mouth. I ended up losing a tooth.; They took me to West Landivar police station and the man continue to assault me in a room with 4 different officers including himself in the room and they just watch the man assaulting me. It's like they are obliging the man to assault me more."
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"What happened after that?"
Floyd Elston McNab, Alleges Police Brutality
"Well an officer that I know, he hears it on the radio and he came to the substation and he open the door and he saw the man assaulting me and he ask the man what have I done. The man is talking to me and they are still assaulting me and he got enough and so he went outside and talk to the officer who was at the door. I got charge around 10pm in the night for complying to wear a face mask in public and smoking cannabis in a barber shop yard."
Mcnab has made a formal complaint to the Raccoon Street police station. He says he'd like to see the officer disciplined for his use of excessive force.
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