JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Questions remain after a rookie officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office was seen on video hitting a woman while she was handcuffed.
Akinyemi Borisade, 26, was arrested on a charge of battery and fired last week. News4Jax has been trying to get the officer’s personnel file for a week, but has not yet received it. It normally does not take this long.
News4Jax has also asked for the file of the officer who he was with the day the beating took place, which has not been made available either.
Video released by JSO shows Borisade hitting 31-year-old Mayra Martinez while she was handcuffed and being checked into the Duval County Jail.
VIDEO: Officer hits woman in handcuffs
News4Jax also obtained video, which appears to be shot by a dashboard camera, taken in a parking lot in front of Scores, an adult club on University Boulevard at Philips Highway. The video had the same time stamp as the day Martinez was arrested and charged with trespassing and resisting police.
Martinez told the News4Jax I-TEAM that she has a fractured wrist and concussion. She also texted photos to the News4Jax I-TEAM -- including one that was taken just outside Scores, where she was starting a new job. According to the police report, they were called to the bar to escort her from the property because she was drunk and belligerent after quitting work on her first day.
I-TEAM: Woman hit by officer describes injuries
She said she’s looking into hiring an attorney.
News4Jax spoke with several civil rights attorneys who said the video shows several problems.
Ann Finnell was part of the team that represented Brenton Butler, the teen arrested and charged with murder in 2000. Finnell and her team successful argued that a coerced confession was actually beaten out of Butler in the police integration room. They won that case and settled a civil lawsuit out of court.
Finnell told News4Jax that she is not surprised by the latest video.
“I would not say it happens quite frequently, but it certainly happens more frequently than we would like and the public would like. We get complaints very often of police officers using what we would term ‘excessive force’ during the arrest process. But I don’t think it’s prevalent,” Finnell said.
Attorney Bill Shepard, who has sued JSO in the past, agreed.
News4Jax asked the attorneys if any other cases Borisade may be involved with are in jeopardy, and they both said it would be a case-by-case basis.
The same question was asked to State Attorney Angela Corey by News4Jax last week.
"No, quite frankly, he's under a supervisory officer on every one of those cases. So we believe those cases will be just fine as long as there's another officer witness to the case. And he is training right now, so he has someone with him every step of the way. So I am not concerned about any jeopardy to any of these officers' cases," Corey said.
The video has gained national attention, so News4Jax asked U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown earlier this week about her thoughts on the case.
“I do not know all of the details. But I do know there’s a lot of discussion in the community about what happened. Until you get all the facts, you need to withhold your opinion. A lot of people are discussing it. And there is a lot of concern about police, how they handle people in situations," Brown said.
This is not Borisade's first brush with the law. In 2008, when he was 19 years old, reports show he took items into a dressing room from a store at the Regency Square Mall and came out without them and tried to leave the store without paying. The report shows he admitted to doing it. He later pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor property crime.
According to JSO's website, officers can't have been convicted of any felony, or any misdemeanors involving false statement, perjury or domestic violence.
The Sheriff’s Office said it will release the personnel files eventually.