Accounts of the incident from Dent and from Inkster police — all of whom in the video appear to be white — are wildly different:
- Police said Dent attempted to flee the police car, but the video appears to show Dent maintaining a consistent speed and then pulling over safely across the street from a police station.
- Police say Dent threatened to kill the officers. Dent says he didn’t — and none of the six officers’ microphones were turned on at the beginning of the incident to substantiate their claim.
- One officer said Dent bit him on the arm. Dent said he didn’t, and the officer didn’t seek medical attention or photograph his injury to support the allegation.
- Police said they found a bag of crack cocaine under the passenger seat of Dent’s car. Dent, who has worked for Ford Motor Co. for 37 years and has no criminal record, said officers planted the cocaine. A post-arrest blood test showed no drugs in his system.
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