From [HERE] and [HERE] The NAACP wants Laurel’s police department investigated by federal prosecutors. The call stems from cell phone video taken last month that shows an officer punching  a Black man in handcuffs at least three times outside the Laurel Station Bar and Grill. Leaders with the Prince George’s County chapter of the NAACP say it shows police brutality and they want the Justice Department to step in. They also want a federal probe into what they call racial profiling and discrimination in hiring. The officer in the video is currently on administrative duty.

The city of Laurel is facing a $3 million lawsuit from the Black man who has accused a city police officer of striking him in the face while he was being handcuffed outside a bar. The lawsuit, filed Aug. 8 by D’Ante’ Williams of the 4100 block of Parkwood Court in Cottage City, says Williams was handcuffed outside the Laurel Station Bar & Grill when he was hit in the face several times by PFC J. Diaz-Chavarria. Williams now is calling for a jury trial in circuit court for $3 million on claims of personal injury and mental anguish. [SEE video on TV report -