Video shows traffic stop involving Cuyahoga County sheriff's deputy turning violent

A traffic stop in downtown Cleveland led to a Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department deputy slamming a man to the ground, pointing a gun in his face, punching him, and tasing him multiple times back in December 2023, as seen in newly-released body camera video by the sheriff's office.

"Put your hands up, sir, I'm going to f--- you up, I'm telling you. Put your f---ing hands up," a deputy is seen yelling in the footage which 3News obtained on Monday.

The incident occurred in the early hours of December 8, 2023 when deputies pulled over 46-year-old Kevin Kinds in downtown Cleveland.

Deputies reported Kinds sped through a red light on Superior and East 6th St., adding that he ignored a deputy's siren and emergency lights to pull over for a few blocks before complying on St. Clair Ave., just outside the Cuyahoga County Justice Center.

Kinds was asked to exit the vehicle and back up with his hands up.

The incident report said that out of concern that Kinds was reaching to pull a weapon from his waist, Sgt. Timothy Coyne administered several closed hand strikes to Kinds' face, explaining that, "at the time of the strikes the driver was able to turn on his back and struck Sgt. Coyne in the forehead."

The newly-released video showed that Kinds was taken to the ground while appearing to resist arrest.

Kaitor Kay reports: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/loc... --

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