Candido Medina-ResendizDistrict Attorney Neal Pinkston today asked the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to investigate the arrest of the Red Bank man beaten by police in April.
Candido Medina-Resendiz, 24, was beaten by police during a traffic stop on April 13. The encounter left Medina-Resendiz with a swollen-shut eye, a fractured eye socket and cuts and bruises on his face.
Medina-Resendiz was charged with simple assault, resisting arrest and driving under the influence by consent from the April 13 incident, when he was a passenger in the car.
An internal investigation by Red Bank police concluded that the officer involved, Mark Kaylor, did not use excessive force. The investigation also commended Kaylor for his actions.
However, Pinkston sent Medina-Resendiz's case back to a grand jury on Wednesday after receiving the video of the arrest, because prosecutors did not receive the video before Medina-Resendiz initally appeared before a grand jury, despite a subpoena ordering that the video be turned over.
Pinkston said the TBI investigation will also look into the circumstances surrounding the availability of the video as Medina-Resendiz's case progressed.