floyd dent and his attorney say one officer, known locally as robo cop, planted drugs in mr. ficers have testified that they pulled mr. dent from his car when he opened his door because he yelled at the officers that he was going to kill them. local and state police are investigating the incident. the officers involved have been reassigned to administrative duties. for more on the court appearance today, we again turn to reporter kevin dietz. kevin, what happened in court today? >> well, floyd dent was charged today with possession of cocaine charges, but it was interesting, because the prosecutor also asked for two weeks to reconsider the charges. they want to take a look at these polygraph tests you referred to, to see if maybe these charges should be dropped. floyd dent, of course, says those drugs were planted and says he never threatened the police officers. most of the time piece believe the police, so he decided to take a lie detector and passed on both questions. he passed he did not threaten police officers. and when asked if the drugs were his or if he had drugs in t

floyd dent and his attorney say that officer melendez planted drugs in mr. r at the time of his arrest. officer melendez who is still employed as a part-time officer in highland park michigan said in a statement "i look forward to my opportunity to speak openly about this case. at this time my attorney has advised me not to comment due to on going open investigations." this was floyd dent's reaction to the news. >> finally he's being held accountable for what he done to me. and hopefully, it will follow suit with the rest of them. >> joining me now is wdiv investigative reporter kevin dietz who has been reporting on this story since the beginning. kevin, we'd know nothing about this were it not for your reporting. and you also have news today about an incomplete video, the booking video involved in this case. tell us about that. >> that's right. floyd dent says he was humiliated when he went to the inkster police department, as well. and the attorneys for him asked for videotapes of the booking and when he was put into the jail in inkster. and they sent him a

we got video of the officers appearing to spray floyd dent's blood off their clothes. exchanging fist bumps, celebrating how well that arrest went and an attorney says that his client was still lying there needing medical attention out of the view of the camera as the officers celebrated blew off steam and reenacted a little bit of the arrest for each other. the beginning of this month brought news of the shooting death of unarmed walter scott in south carolina. that began with a traffic stop and ended with a police officer shooting mr. scott multiple times. as mr. scott ran away from him across a vacant lot. the officer in that case has been charged with murder. and as the nation was observing that news oh, look there's more. word came from tulsa, oklahoma that someone holding the title of reserve deputy had shot and killed the suspect in an undercover drug sting. this reserve deputy was a 73-year-old insurance executive. he meant to draw his taser but mistakingly pulled his gun out and shot him fatally. he had been a long-time donor to the sheriff's department. it wa

. >>> now a judge has ordered a man to release more dash cam video of the arrest of floyd dent.'s a shorter and edited version. he was charged with possession of cocaine and plans that the drugs were planted after he was beaten. >>> the senator introduced a bill in the senate to create a committee to advice them ton matter. it began with a cam take of woman on 20s. who are some of the woman. rosa parks and jerry's is moving into suddens. they will release salted caramel, brown and ale in the fall. >> wow. sounds really sweet. >> we have a video for you. you can liep up and take pictures but only for three months. and at the bronx zoo two showed you have acuteness and you can it's tight and monkeying around. >> trying to get the monkeying around part. >> yeah we all do that with our kid. >> people could pay a lot of money to hold a lion one. that's right. >> taking them home. now it's time for a look ahead. president obama welcomes the soldier wide to the house white. dozens are cycling to raise awareness for the disabled veterans. they have been modified to accommodate with the

today, we got video of the officers appearing to try to spray floyd dent's flood off their clothes and hads. an attorney for mr. dent says his client was dying there, still bleeding needing medical attention just out of view of the camera as the officers blew off stole and re-enacted the beating for each other. the beginning of this month brought nows of a shooting death of walter scott in north charleston, south carolina. that confrontation began with a traffic stop ending with the officer firing multiple times at mr. scott's back as he fled across a vacant lot. the officer has been charged with murder in that case. as the nation was absorbing that news, word from tulsa, oklahoma someone holding the title reserve deputy shot and killed a suspect in a drug sting. the reserve deputy a 73-year-old insurance executive, says he meant to draw his taser but pulled his gun and shot eric harris fatally. he had been a long-time generous donor to the sheriff's department. supervisors from the sheriff's office falsified his training records, so he allegedly be qualified for certain duties when he

floyd dent the suspect, is black, the two police officers are white. dent was thrown to the ground and repeatedly punched. police say he resisted arrest and had cocaine in his car. accident says police planted the coke. accident is dent is due back in court april 29th. >>> the jurors who convicted former new england patriots' football star guilty. he immediately began serving a life sentence with no chance of parole. he's locked up in a maximum security prison just miles from gillette stadium where he starred on the field. anna werner reports. >> guilty of murder in the first degree. >> reporter: aaron hernandez's mother and fiancee hugged each other and subbed. after the verdict was read. jurors took seven days to find hernandez guilty of murdering his friend odin lloyd in 2013. lloyd's body was found in an industrial park less than a mile from hernandez's home. he had been shot six times. bristol county district attorney thomas quinn. >> aaron hernandez may have been a well known new england patriots football player, however, in the end, the jury fou

it didn't change for floyd dent in inkster, michigan. that's where the 57-year-old man who was driving his car, who had never committed any crime in his life retired from ford, and the police stopped him, beat the hell out of him and then if you believe mr. dent, planted cocaine in his car, and they took him to jail and he said no no, take a drug test, take my hair, do whatever, i've never used drugs in my life and he said, i didn't do anything, these police officers attacked me and then when you look in the background of the police officers who attacked him he had then charged before with planting evidence, he was found not guilty but they charged him in detroit and now he was with a small suburb police department and so you ask yourself, why don't we ever listen to our community versus just accepting the narrative? they accepted the narrative on floyd dent. he went to jail. he was well on his way of being convicted as a felon and then the video came out and you saw what these guys did and you saw the evidence being planted. and so why

melendez and other officers, pulled over a man by the name of floyd dent for failing to stop at a stop sign. dash cam video shows dent being repeatedly punched in the head by melendez. the 49 year old officer who was fired by the city last month, claims he only started punching the driver after he bit him. dent denies the accusations. >> why did he, why did he beat me like that? i mean, he had no reason to do it. >> after the traffic stop, dent was arrested and charged with drug possession assaulting a officer and resisting arrest. two of those charges were dropped in march. and the final one was dismissed wednesday. >> dent said he mile file civil lawsuit and the police department. meantime former officer has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him jacky ibanez fox news. >> the senate is expected to vote today on president obama's recommendations for attorney general loretta lynch nomination has been held up due to debate on an unrelated bill. now after months of delays, congress says, they're ready to takings lynch would be replacing eric holler. >> longer than any attorney gen

today we got video of the officers in the station house appearing to spray floyd dent's blood off their clothes exchanging fist bumps apparently celebrating how well the beating went for them. an attorney for mr. dent said his client was still needing urgent medical attention as the officers celebrated and blew off steam and at one point even reenacted a little bit of the arrest and the beating for each other. the beginning of this month, brought news of the shooting death of unarmed walter scott in new orleans charleston north carolina. that began with a' traffic stop and ended with a police officer shoot mr. scott multiple times as mr. scott ran away from him across a vacant lot. the officer in that case has been charged with murder. as the nation was absorbing that news, oh look there's more. word came from tulsa, oklahoma that somebody holding the title of reserve deputy at the tulsa's sheriff's department had shot and killed a suspect in an undercover drug sting. this reserve deputy was a 73-year-old insurance executive. he says he meant to draw his taser but he mistakenly pulled h

officer william melendez was fired yesterday over the january arrest of 57-year-old floyd dent. dash cam video shows two officers throwing dent to the ground and melendez repeatedly punching him. >>> well, he's going to spend the rest of his life in prison but the legal troubles are far from over for a former n.f.l. star. aaron hernandez was convicted of first-degree murder yesterday found guilty in the shooting death of odin lloyd but hernandez is still facing a double murder charge in boston. prosecutors say hernandez killed two men back in 2012 there. >>> employed mayweather, manny pacquiao, giving us a sneak peek at the kind of preparation it takes to train for a boxing match billed as the fight of the century. with less than a month till the big event, to of the world's greatest boxers -- two of the world's greatest boxers opened up their gym and showed their workout to the public. >> reporter: the training is fierce. floyd mayweather, jr. in las vegas, manny pacquiao in los angeles. both let the media into their gyms to showcase what's to come. their much anticipated bout

the man he pulled over floyd dent said he is grateful for the prosecution's courage. >>> we're waitingn what the consequences will be for other law enforcement officers today in oklahoma. the sheriff said action will be taken against the deputy seen in this video. one was caught cursing at suspect eric harris. harris died after the man wearing the camera reserve deputy robert bates fired the gun instead of his taser. the sheriff did not specify the actions to be tgainst the other deputies. bates is charged with manslaughter. >>> the tsa is expanding security rules and requirements for aviation workers. among them recuring criminal background checks. airline employees traveling as passengers were also have to go through tsa screening before they get on a flight. access points to secure areas will be reduced to an operational minimum. this is all a response to a case last december where ker in atlanta is accused of trying to smuggle gunnings on to commercial airliners. >>> tonight, we know a university of mary washington student who was killed on friday was smothered to death. but today

a drug possession charge against floyd dent will be dropped. >>> video of excessive use of force like that seems to have been flooding american television this year but we now have a truly heroic example of restraint on the use of force by officer jesse kidder in new richmond, ohio. a murder suspect approaching officer kidder in the dark and repeatedly asks the officer to shoot him. officer kidder had been warned that the suspect might be armed. but he remarkably keeps his cool in the face of danger. >> get your hands up! get your hands up! get your hands up right now! stop! stop right there! i don't want to shoot you, man. i don't want to shoot you. don't do it man. i'll shoot you. i'll shoot you. [ bleep ]. >> shoot me! >> get your hands out of your pocket now! no man, not going to do it. >> shoot me shoot me! >> backup! back up! get down on the ground! >> all cars be advised, subject is running. >> keep your hands out, keep your hands out or you're going to get shot. do you understand that? >> yes, sir. >> the camera that captured that heroic police work was not issued by the polic

a police officer approaches, gun drawn. 57-year-old floyd dent opens his car door and is dragged out.olice officer repeatedly punched dent in the head. the officer says he was only protecting himself. the video captures the officer handling what appears to be a plastic bag. he says he retrieved it from underneath the passenger seat but dent's lawyer says the police planted drugs and charged dent with possession of crack cocaine. officer melendez is now on paid administrative duties while the city and state investigates. >> does it happen? yes. does it happen often? no. it's very, very rare that something like that does occur. >> reporter: harry houck is a retired nypd detective. he says just like there are bad people, there are bad cops. what haunts houck now, the fired officer's video appearance in court. >> what really caught my eye was the stoic look on his face. i saw no emotion. here was a man standing there who had just murdered a man as a police officer, standing there with no emotion at all. i thought that was very telling to me. >> reporter: as far as whether or not there's b

her department has been under investigation since this video surfaced showing floyd dent being repeatedly punched during a traffic stop in january. the officer involved has been fired and is facing two felony charges. he pleaded not guilty at his arraignment earlier this week. and now to developing news from boston where court is resuming and the prosecution could rest its case today in the penalty face of the boston marathon bombing trial. this follows another day of dramatic developments. jurors heard more about this obscene jail cell gesture made by dzhokhar tsarnaev three months after his arrest. a deputy marshal testified he saw it while watching a surveillance camera but the defense played the video for the jury pointing out that the tsarnaev briefly flashed the gesture and was, it says not sending a message. there was emotional testimony from bombing survivor adrian haslet davis. she and her husband were severely injured. she temporarily lost hearing saying "i couldn't hear myself scream. i thought i was dead." she did something no other witness has done she glared at tsarnaev a fe

police officers mel len dez approaches gun drawn. 57-year-old floyd dent opens his door and is draggede officer punches dent in the head. in the police report mel len dez says he was only protecting himself after seeing the video, the judge dismissed resisting arrest and assault charges against dent. the video captured officer mel len dez handling what appears to be a plastic bag hp he says he retrieved from underneath the passenger seat but dent's lawyer alleges the police planted drugs and charged dent with possession of crack cocaine. the officer is on paid administrative duties while the city and state investigate. >> does it happen? yes, it happens. does it happen often? no. it's very, very rare like something like that does occur. harry is a retired nypd detective. when an officer he worked for the department's internal affairs and says like there are bad people there are bad cops. what haunts him now, the fired officer's video appearance in court. >> what caught my eye was the stoic look on his face. i saw no emotion. here was a man standing there, who had just murdered a man as