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Florida cop under investigation after arresting homeless man at Publix
Sun Sentinel 5/3/2021 Chris Perkins, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
The Miami Police Department is looking into an officer’s off-duty arrest of a man who allegedly stole chicken at a South Florida Publix.
According to the incident report, Willie Barbor took chicken from the deli in the evening on April 16, and began eating it as he walked toward the exit. A store manager told Barbor he had to pay for the chicken, at which point Barbor replied, “[Expletive] you. I am homeless, I don’t have any money.”
Officer Alexander Garcia-Contreras, who was working an “extra duty job,” which is an off-duty job, at the Publix, told Barbor go with him to the store office, but Barbor refused and began walking away, the report stated.
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The incident happened the evening of April 16 at the Publix at 1776 Biscayne Boulevard.
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or mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794 .When the store manager asked Barbor to pay for the chicken, Barbor said F -you. I am homeless. I don t have any money, the report said.
The officer, who the report said was working an extra duty job at the store, was seen in a brief video posted on social media shoving Barbor and wrestling him to the ground before punching him multiple times in the head and putting handcuffs on him.
Off-duty cop is suspended after shocking video shows him punching a homeless man in the head repeatedly after he stole one single piece of chicken from a grocery store
Willie Barbor, 58, was accused of stealing a piece of chicken from a deli counter at a Publix supermarket in Miami on April 16
A manager asked him to pay for the chicken, but the homeless man declined
Officer Alexander Garcia-Contreras then tried to issue a trespass order for Barbor according to an arrest report
Video shows Garcia-Contreras conducting a violent arrest that included shoving Barbor, taking him to the ground, and punching him repeatedly
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