Three Homestead police officers are out of jail on bond after being arrested in connection with a beating outside a bar.
Sergeant Jeffrey Rome and Officer Giovanni Soto are accused of taking part in at least two incidents that were caught on surveillance video.
Sergeant Lizanne Deegan is accused of failing to file a police report with one of the victims.
The alleged attacks happened in April of last year outside Celio's Latin Quarter located at Northeast 9th Street near Southwest 177th Avenue.
According to the arrest affidavit for one of the officers, "Homestead Police Sergeant Jeffrey Rome was captured on video as he grabbed a visibly elderly man by the collar and pulled down until the man was on the ground at which point Sergeant Rome dragged the man from the roadway to the sidewalk. As the man lay motionless on the ground, Sergeant Rome is seen kicking the man in the head."
The head of the police union says the arrests are politically motivated and has called for an investigation into the Homestead Police chief.
John Rivera says Sgt. Rome was trying to prevent the man from entering the bar because he was drunk and belligerent.
All three officers have been suspended with pay since June of last year, according to Homestead police.
- Copyright 2012 by Post Newsweek.
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