A Miami firefighter who was caught on video repeatedly punching a handcuffed patient says he has no regrets over the incident, NBC 6 reports.
Robert Webster, a City of Miami Fire Rescue lieutenant, was fired after the video went viral. He is also currently under investigation.
The patient in the video, Antonio Cruz, was brought the ER at Jackson Memorial Hospital after consuming cocaine and heroin. According to police, Cruz was “agitated and screaming to the rescue personnel.” He then spit at Webster.
Enraged. Webster then starts swinging at and punching the handcuffed man multiple times as others try to intervene.
“If he never knew the consequence of spitting in a grown man’s face, then consider my actions public education and this video a PSA,” Webster told NBC 6.
Cruz was put in jail and charged with aggravated battery.
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