I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I can't. Officer Oh my god. >> A police officer's fist strikes in a parking lot in Akran, leaving a man's lower lip bloodied after multiple punches. That man, Jordan Elely, was stopped after officers ran a registration check that flagged multiple outstanding warrants. He claims the officers used excessive force during his arrest and has now filed a federal lawsuit against the Akran Police Department in the city. Watch the full body camera footage and decide for yourself. Did the officers go too far or was Jordan Elely resisting? Only Cams provides body cam footage for transparency and educational purposes only. >> What's up, man? All right. Hey, come here, man. >> Hey, stop. Relax. Relax. Please, sir. Please, sir. Please, sir. Please. Please. On the ground. >> Please, sir. Please, sir. On the ground. Please, sir. Please put your hands BEHIND YOUR BACK. PLEASE SIR, please put your hands behind your back, sir. Please, sir. Please don't do this to me, man. I sit in the car. Please, back, I can't, man. Hands behind your back. I can't. I can't. I can't. I can't. Officer. Oh my god. Put your hands behind your back. Hands behind your back. behind your back. >> Dude, put your hands. Hands behind your back. >> Hands behind your back. >> Behind your back. Officer, please. >> Hands behind your back. >> Officer your back. >> Keep it down. Stop. Resist. Let go of your hand. Let go of your hand. >> I got a hand here. >> I can't. still holding on. >> No, I don't want TO FIGHT. >> STOP. STOP. PUT YOUR HANDS behind your back. >> I just want to talk to you. >> Dude, put your hands another car. >> I can't. >> Put your hand behind your back. >> Please don't. >> Dude, I'm going to hit you again, bro. >> Dude, I'm Stop it. >> Hands behind your head. Behind your back. >> Put your hands >> Oh my god. Behind your back. >> I can't breathe. I can't breathe. Hey, I got you. I got asthma. >> I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I can't breathe. Still trying to pull. >> Stop it, dude. >> Can you let me up? I can't hear you. I'm sorry. I was just scared. >> Yeah. >> Let me see, please. Oh [ __ ] I got >> I just want to see the third supervisor. >> Stop. >> I just want to see that. >> Stay right here. >> Stay right here. >> You got uh 32 supervisor. >> I got supervisor. >> I got to go to the hospital. >> I'm overdos. Please. >> You're going to be all right. >> I'm not. >> You're all right. Stay safe. >> Oh my god. Please don't. >> Stay here. >> I can't, man. >> Just relax. >> I got a lot going on. >> Just stop, dude. >> No. No. >> Stop. No. >> Stay right here. >> No. No. >> No. >> Dude, you ain't going anywhere. >> No. No. NO. NO. HEY, YOUR KID'S OKAY. >> Search him. >> Stand up, man. >> Stand up. >> Put your feet under you. >> Stand up. >> Stand up. >> Hey, >> get up. Get off, dude. >> There's a kid in the car. Present in the car was his one-year-old son and officers later found a small bag of fentinel inside the vehicle. >> Hi lift up on your arms up under you. >> All right, hold on. Hold on, >> kid. Okay. >> He's got a bunch of wards. >> Officer, please. I just want more. I just don't want my son to I'm sorry, >> Jordan. >> Yes, sir. >> All right. You got warrants, dude. >> I know, but >> I wasn't doing [ __ ] >> Well, you got warrants. >> My car stolen or nothing. You be >> arguing, screaming each other. >> Oh, y I didn't even do nothing to get stopped. >> I wasn't trying to fight you. I didn't sleep on you, officer. >> I had a hard time. a red truck. >> We're going to work with you, man. >> Where's mom? >> Mom, she just they just went to the birthday party. I was just going to get a phone so they can call me. >> Where is she at? >> She just left me, man. Like literally like no way to contact her, man. I just supposed to go get a phone right now. >> No, I ain't dirty, man. I ain't doing nothing. >> Stand up. >> All right, >> let's go. >> Swing your feet underneath. Get up. Anything else hurt you? >> My whole body, man. >> What car is this? >> 12. >> Let's keep him away from the crowd. >> Come on. Stand up. >> Come on, dude. >> Is coming. They'll check you out. Listen, I just got here, so I don't know everything that what that happened. Okay, >> I'm so scared. They see me and they just start me. >> Okay, so the supervisor come over and talk to you here in a minute. Okay, we're going to we're going to flip you around. They're going to get some files on you. Okay, >> we we're going to take one step at a time. Okay, we're going to let EMS check you out first. Okay, >> check your bottles real quick, man. >> Galaxy just pretty shooken up for what happened. Okay. I can't breathe. >> You're bleeding just fine. Trust me. >> Spin around. Let's go. Just going to be easy. >> Put your feet in. Spin around. Twist your body the other way. >> What's going on? >> Can I see my grandson? >> Yes. Okay. >> Hold on a minute. We're going to figure out what's going on here before you come over. >> Okay. >> Are you >> Is he okay? >> Are you mom? >> I'm his grandmother. >> Okay. >> He's okay. Hey, he's just sitting in his He's just sitting in his car seat. >> Hey, can he? >> He's okay. >> Was that the only person in the car? >> I'm not sure. I wasn't here first. >> Ram 77000. >> Can I help the baby out? >> Not yet. >> We got to figure out what's going on first. I can try to explain to you what's going on if you like. >> Go ahead. >> So, he's got warrants for his arrest. >> Yes. >> Okay. Um, apparently he was arrested. I don't know what happened when he was arrested. So, as far as is that his kid in the in the back? >> Yes. >> Okay. So, we may prior our procedure, we're going to have to take custody in him and then children services is going to have to get involved. Listen. Listen. So, I know you're your grandma, right? >> Right. >> Okay. So, have you taken custody him before at all like or anything like that or No. Okay. >> Okay. >> It's okay. Listen, you're okay, man. >> Whatever happened, it's over with. Okay. Calm down, Jordan. >> Calm down. >> So, where's his mom? Where's the little guy's mother at? >> At work. >> At work. >> Probably at work. And he was >> Do you have her information? >> Um, no. I can get it from him. >> Okay. Yeah, we can get it from him, too. And if he's got it, >> who's the mom of the of the child of the child? >> Um, >> where's mom at? Who Who has custody? >> Probably. She has custody. >> She has custody. Yeah. >> Where does she work at? >> I don't know. I have to ask him. Okay. >> Take a deep breath for me. Okay. >> Listen, I'll loosen it for you. Okay. Just calm down a little bit. All right. >> I don't know. >> Your right arm needs loosen on your right wrist. >> Wait, hold on. Hold on. Could we get a a number for the the mother of the child? >> Grandma's here, but we need the mother. Hey. Hey. What's your name, man? >> Jordan. >> Jordan. I need you to give the officer a phone number for for your girl who has custody of the child. All right. >> You got on the phone. >> Yeah. >> Is that the mom of the >> police? I guess up here and I don't know. I seen them over here on Where does she work at? >> Chili's. >> Where? >> Chili's. Where's which? Which >> mantros? >> Mantros. Okay. >> Jordan, I'm going get >> you. Okay. Will you be all right? >> What's his last name? >> Here's the thing. The the faster you go get mom. >> I know how fast it goes, sir. Look, I'm going tell you something. I have MS. You cannot order me how fast I'm ordering. I'm asking you how fast I can go. >> Okay, listen. So, the quicker that you go pick her up from Chili's and bring her here and my grandson too here. I want to talk to you. >> Are you also interested in the grand grandson in the car? >> I'm interested in both of them. >> Okay. >> That's why I'm trying to tell him to calm down. >> He'll be fine. Listen, >> mom's number. >> I'm going at her now. >> I'm sorry. What? >> I'm going to pick her up. >> Okay. Where she work at, ma'am? >> Tell me. >> Okay, great. Okay, that'll be awesome. >> Yeah, >> I was trying to go in the store. >> Did they tell you to stop and lit you up as a traffic stop and you were trying to go in the store? >> No, sir. >> I don't know. I was cool for y'all. Really? I really am. Like, man, I'm sorry. >> But like if somebody just stay here and talk to me like I'm crazy like real like [ __ ] All right. I'm going to read you your rights before you start talking and you know just I don't want anything right. So you got right to remain silent. Anything you say can't be used against you in court of law. >> You want to talk that's fine, dude. But if you want to talk I'm I'm here. I can listen to you. That's that's fine man. But like I said I wasn't here for anything. I didn't All I got here you by the time I got here you were on the ground and I don't know I don't know what happened. >> I love my baby. >> All I know is I think you got warrants. I don't even know what for or who or who with. I think his mommy's on the way, right? >> I guess like right. Grandma's grandma went to go get his mom. >> What's your name, man? >> Jordan Eli. >> Jordan Eli. All right. I'm Sergeant Stanner. Okay. I'm the officer supervisor here. I I need to talk to you about No, you can't get out. Just stretch your legs. You're fine. Fine. Stretch your legs. Um, can you tell me what happened with the officers? >> They I rolled past them. They was staring at me real mean. >> Okay. And I went past my mom's house. She wasn't there. So I came down Copy Road. >> Okay. >> They got behind me somewhere. >> Okay. >> Cuz I'm pulling in Family Dollar. >> Where'd you pull the Family Dollar out? Here. >> Right here, sir. >> Oh, right here. You turned. Okay. >> And then they I'm getting out the car to put the get the baby. They came out of nowhere with their blinkers and [ __ ] >> Well, didn't I mean did did they tell you why they stopped you? >> No, they still have. They got the >> Did you see the officer behind you? >> Yeah. I'm like, "Let me talk to you, officer." He like, "Get the down. Get the down. Jordan, get the down." I'm like, "Damn, knew who I was and everything." Like I'm like, "What the I ain't do nothing. I ain't do nothing." >> Okay. >> They get to be me up and everything. I'm like, "Let me talk." >> Well, did you get on the ground? >> Yeah, I was on the ground. They beat me up on the ground. >> Jordan, let me ask you something. What? Why didn't you just put your hands up and say, >> "I didn't know what was going on. I didn't know they was coming after me." Like, >> well, that they were right in front of you talking to you, man. What do you mean? You didn't know? >> Yeah, that's You could have been like, "Hey, okay. Okay, I you you could have put your hands up and said no." What's that? >> I was scared. >> You were scared? >> Yes, sir. >> Dude, listen. >> I said the car was stolen. >> No. Well, no. Unauthorized use that. But that possibly taken unauthorized use. Okay. And then they knew you had warrants. They knew who you were cuz officers knew know who's over here. >> I'll be over here. My mom just moved over here. >> Well, they knew you, man. >> They knew me from like when I was 18. That's what I'm saying. I ain't seen them. >> Well, they knew you had warrants, man. Hopefully, you don't get any prison time. You know, you got some drugs in the car and that's another issue. Um, you know, it's a felony. So, I don't know. You may go to prison, you may not go to prison, but at some point you you have to take accountability and say, "Okay, hey, listen. I'm making some shitty decisions here, you know, and stuff." And uh, you know, I have I have a son is is a son or daughter. Son is is important to me. I I need to make some better decisions. All right. Get get your feet in, Jordan. All right, man. Good luck to you and you'll be on your way soon. No, no, no. Hey, hey, excuse us. Excuse us. Please. >> This woman here is Jordan Elie's wife and the mother of his young child. >> Please, ma'am. I ma'am, I just need you to take a step, please. >> You just step on the street. I want you guys. >> No, he seriously has real bad asthma. He cannot breathe. I swear to God on my camera he has off again lay in hell cuz if he die before he in your factory it's going to be a mess. >> He is an chronic asthmatic. >> He seriously is no joke. >> I understand. >> No you must know. You said I couldn't give him a checked out by EMS already. Obviously he's going to be mon the entire time. He has to go to jail. What other >> I know he has to go to jail but then they give you your medication when you're in jail. Don't they? >> Absolutely. What? Well, then he can't have my inhaler to breathe. >> That's not It's not his. >> Okay. So, if he died in route to the jail. >> Listen, we are doing everything we possibly can to make sure. All right. Very well. Well, I appreciate your guys' assistance. You guys come to him in route to jail. >> After the arrest, Jordan Elely was found not guilty of resisting arrest, but plead guilty to possessing fentinel. He filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Akran and the officers, claiming they used excessive force. And in the end, the city paid him $15,000 to settle. If you like content like this, please like and subscribe.