A police investigation found that Philippe Archer used excessive force when retaliating against the “schoolyard kick.”
Philippe Archer, a Miami Beach police detective, was reprimanded for punching and kicking a female model nearly two years ago while she was handcuffed and in custody, the Daily Mail reports. Archer was suspended for one month (without pay) and he’ll serve the suspension over days spread out in May, June and July, the Mail explains.
The 29-year-old model, Megan Adamescu, was arrested in a parking garage and survellience footage appears to show Adamescu kick Archer in the leg while she was handcuffed.
Archer, who was in plain clothing at the time of the incident, then punches Adamescu and kicks her. Adamescu was led away from the scene by another plain clothes officer. Adamescu suffered a swollen face and a concussion from Archer’s punch.
According to the Daily Mail, Adamescu, a white woman, used racial slurs towards Archer, a African American, before Archer punched her. Adamescu was reportedly drunk at the time of the incident.
A police investigation found that Archer retaliated excessively to Adamescu’s kick.
‘You met this slight woman’s meager schoolyard kick with excessive, unnecessary, and unwarranted use of force,” a police report detailing the investigation read.
Source: The Root
