“You want people to not resist and to act right if they’re being arrested and when the person does you still physically hurt them? That’s just wrong.'
A Georgia police officer involved in the controversial arrest of former NFL player Desmond Marrow rejected a plea deal, a move Marrow’s attorney thought may have to do with his belief a grand jury would let him off because of his status as a police officer.
A cell phone video of Marrow’s arrest went viral and drew massive attention after its release in April 2018. On the video, Henry County Police Officer David Rose was seen placing his hand on Marrow’s throat as the former NFL player repeatedly stated he couldn’t breathe. Dashboard camera footage from the arrest, which took place in a Target parking lot, also captured Rose allegedly admitting to choking Marrow.
“[Rose] stated that he could not, in good conscience, enter even a no contest plea to an offense he did not commit,” the officer’s attorney, Lee Sexton, told Newsweek. Stewart, however, said he took the case because it was clear the officer acted inappropriately. As someone who has friends who are police officers and considers himself a “massive supporter” of law enforcement, Stewart said he turns down around 90 percent of the cases he receives. There are times he agrees with the police officer's actions because the person was resisting, or fighting.
While Stewart doesn’t take every case that comes his way, he said he continues to take cases similar to Marrow’s because there needs to be someone who shows that you can be both a supporter of law enforcement and a fighter for civil rights.
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