(WWJ) A Warren police officer who was seen on video tackling an Amazon delivery driver will not face any criminal charges.
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office and Prosecutor's Office said Monday that they conducted and have completed an independent investigation that determined the officer didn't break any laws or policies during the incident in a Warren neighborhood on June 10.
Sheriff's officials say Michigan law requires that a licensee display his or her operator’s license on demand of any police officer, and that the officer in this case gave the driver ten requests for his license, as well as ten commands to place his hands behind his back.
On video released by police, 23-year-old Jaylen Bond is heard repeatedly telling the officer: "I'm getting my license out."
Warren Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer said the officer approached the driver because his truck was parked illegally, facing the wrong direction on the street, and that police had received a number of complaints involving Amazon delivery trucks in the area.
Dwyer last month said an internal investigation found that no excessive force was used in the arrest. Police had sought a warrant for Bond on a felony charge of resisting arrest, but the warrant was denied by prosecutors.
The incident drew disbelief from some in the community after viral cell phone video showed the white police officer on top of the black driver on the ground.
Bond's attorney, Donald Andrews, told WWJ's Jon Hewett that his client is exhausted by the circumstances.
"Obviously the whole event has been stressful for him," Andrews said. "He did receive some injuries that he went to urgent care for — but all in all, he's alive. I guess that's something that in this day and age is something that he can be happy about."
The incident came amid a backdrop of tension and protests against police brutality in metro Detroit and nationwide following the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.