Surrendering Unarmed, Black Man Beaten by Police in front of Police Station

From [HERE] BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Travarious Daniel, a Black man whose arrest by Birmingham police was caught on videotape has filed a federal lawsuit claiming his civil rights were violated when officers repeatedly hit and kicked him though he was trying to comply with their demands. 

The complaint states, "while his hands were in the air, and during a time when he demonstrated no hostile or aggressive attitude or behavior, and in fact was making efforts to comply with instructions from the officers, Daniel was savagely attacked and beaten by the officers," the lawsuit reads. "Daniel did not have any weapons or drugs on or with him and did not pose any threat to the police officers or any other person."

While the officers were brutally assaulting Daniel and using excessive force, Daniel was lying on his stomach and offering not threat of harm to the officers, according to the lawsuit. At least one or more officers used weighted gloves to strike Daniel in the back and side of the head with the intent to cause permanent and disabling injuries.

During that time, the suit reads, another officer pummeled Daniel with his fist numerous times to his head and upper body. Other officers were using their knees and feet to kick and strike Daniel numerous times about his body while he lay prone on his stomach on the side walk. The complaint says Daniel was rendered unconscious.