New video shows Florida cop kneeling on black man’s neck in recent arrest

Police in Florida have released a helicopter video showing a now-suspended officer kneeling on a suspect’s neck.

Police in Florida have released a helicopter video showing a now-suspended officer kneeling on a suspect’s neck and head, the same unauthorized restraining method used in the fatal arrest of George Floyd.

The video, released Tuesday by the Sarasota Police Department, appears to show 27-year-old Patrick Carroll resisting arrest during a domestic battery investigation on May 18 — a week before Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis.

One of two cops who were trying to detain Carroll placed his knee on the suspect’s neck and head as the other held the man by his legs.

Authorities said Carroll did not need medical treatment or complain about any injuries, but Police Chief Bernadette DiPino said she was “disturbed" by the footage.

“While it appears the Officer eventually moves his leg to the individual’s back, this tactic is not taught, used or advocated by our agency,” police said in a statement Monday.

The officer has been placed on administrative leave while the department conducts an internal affairs investigation. His name has not been released.

Sarasota police published the footage after cellphone video from a bystander surfaced on social media earlier this week, drawing outrage and comparisons to the Floyd case. In both arrests, a white officer was seen kneeling on a black man’s neck as the handcuffed suspect lay on the pavement.

But unlike Floyd, who was being investigated for the nonviolent crime of passing a counterfeit bill and did not appear to resist arrest, Carroll tried to pull away from officers and initially refused to get into the patrol car, the footage shows.

The Florida suspect was charged with domestic battery, resisting a law enforcement officer without violence and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.