The charges filed by the city's prosecutor's office said that Officer's Lentz, Smith, Randolph and Crawford, all hired in 2008, attacked Edward Henderson after he was detained, and withheld information from police investigators.

Henderson, 40, of Cleveland Heights said he was beaten by police on Jan. 1. The pursuit began when an officer knocked on Henderson's car window when he was stopped at a traffic light late at night. Henderson said he had no idea it was a police officer. He says he panicked and took off. Once he knew police were giving chase, he says he finally pulled over and got down on the ground.

He said that after he was handcuffed, he was held down by police, kicked and kneed in the head. Henderson, severely beaten, suffered a detached retina, broken eye socket and nose.  In all, 28 police cars and 41 officers responded to the chase. The city has refused to turn over the video from the police helicopter that Henderson says will show he was beaten by police.