In a memo copied to Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino on May 19, a captain concluded that when an officer “placed a knee on the neck” of a suspect during an arrest a day earlier, “the application of force appears reasonable.”
Other law enforcement leaders sent out similar statements.
Michael Barfield, president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, questioned the timing of DiPino’s message. In the arrest report, officers said that Carroll simply refused to comply with a body search. It said they attempted to walk him to the rear of the patrol vehicle to conduct the search.
The sheriff’s helicopter pilot flying overhead can be heard in the video telling dispatchers Carroll was resisting arrest and to send more officers.
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