{"id":109926,"date":"2020-04-29T07:54:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=109926"},"modified":"2020-04-29T07:54:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:54:37","slug":"man-alleges-police-brutality-while-police-pleads-self-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/man-alleges-police-brutality-while-police-pleads-self-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Alleges Police Brutality While Police Pleads Self Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Johnathan Joseph of St Johnston\u2019s Village says he was vicously beaten by police however the Police Department reports that it was done in self defence.<\/p>

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The 26 year old is now remanded to prison for the next two and a half months before he appears in court on July 14.<\/p>\n

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Joseph recalls the incident saying, that he was standing outside his home on Saturday night when a mechanic who works with the Antigua and Barbuda police force approached him.<\/p>

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He said the officer had him mistaken for his cousin.<\/p>

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\u201cLast night [Saturday] he called me by a wrong name. When he called me by the wrong name, me look \u2018round because ah me cousin name,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The officer allegedly fisted him in his face a couple times as he retreated to his home.<\/p>

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The officer followed him to the house and began beating him with a baton in the presence of his landlord and neighbour who rush downstairs to see what was happening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two ladies had me inside the house. The man left from outside and come inside ma house with a baton and beat me in my head. I get 11 stitches \u2026 inside my house [with] no warrant, no police uniform and no police vehicle,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>

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On the other hand, Police PRO Inspector Frankie Thomas said that the events began when a group of men were found sitting in an area near Joseph\u2019s home past curfew hours.<\/p>

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According to Thomas, the police officer who was on duty patrolling the area saw them and spoke to them. All the others had left the area he said, except for Joseph.<\/p>\n

It was reported that Joseph started cursing the police officer, who had by then informed him that he would be arrested for breaking curfew.<\/p>\n

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Thomas added that Joseph attempted to resist arrest and armed himself with a machete.<\/p>\n

The officer struck Joseph with his police baton in defence.<\/p>\n

Joseph has since pleaded guilty to three of the five charges placed against him: being armed with an offensive weapon, making use of threatening language, and resisting arrest.<\/p>\n

The other two charges are failing to comply with curfew restrictions and battery of a police officer.<\/p>\n

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