MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Miami Beach Police officers faced danger on duty during two violent incidents along Ocean Drive.
Video sent in by a 7News viewer shows a large police presence in Miami Beach as officers tried to restrain a man on the ground during a traffic stop, Friday night.
According to a police report, 38-year-old Pierre Williams was arrested at around 11:25 p.m. near Ninth Street and Ocean Drive in Miami Beach.
A Miami Beach police officer saw Williams wasn’t wearing his seat belt after shining a flashlight through his windshield.
Officers tried to get Williams to stop, but he wouldn’t comply and continued driving northbound on Ocean Drive for several feet.
Williams eventually stopped, but police said he motioned as if he was going to continue driving, and as he was doing this, an officer reached into Williams’ car, put the gear in park and turned the car off.
According to the report, the officers asked Williams to get out of the car, but he refused, so they attempted to forcefully pull him out through the open driver’s side door.
During the struggle, Williams struck an officer with his right hand, hitting the officer on his chin and upper chest. The officer reacted by hitting Williams on the right side of his face with an open hand.
The officers continued to attempt to pull Williams out of the vehicle, while an officer began delivering “distractionary strikes” to the right side of Williams’ face using his right elbow. However, the police report says braced himself and pulled away to stay inside his car.
Williams was eventually dragged out from the driver’s seat by the officers and forced to the ground in an attempt to handcuff him.
While on the ground, police said Williams continued to pull away from the officers and tensed up his body to stop them from handcuffing him.
Six officers attempted to handcuff Williams, but they were unsuccessful after a brief struggle. One officer then used a Taser on Williams numerous times in an attempt to gain control of him.
Williams was charged with battery on a police officer, failure to obey a police officer, resisting an officer with violence and resisting an officer without violence. He was transported to Mt. Sinai Hospital for medical treatment.
Several hours later, police said, two men interfered with a traffic stop, also in the area of Ocean Drive and Ninth Street.
Officers asked the subjects, later identified as Kent James and Steven Walker, to back off. They didn’t, investigators said, and both men eventually became physical and injured two officers.

One officer broke his pinkie during the ensuing scuffle. Another hurt his shoulder.
James and Walker were later arrested. Officials said James is accused of punching an officer. Walker was charged with resisting arrest without violence.
The late-night events continue a trend of violence on South Beach. During Memorial Day weekend, four suspects got into an altercation over a parking spot on Ocean Drive. One of the subjects opened fire, fatally injuring one man. The subjects drove against traffic down Fifth Street as they fled from police.
Investigators said police opened fire on the suspects along Alton Road and Sixth Street, killing one of them.
Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine is calling to move back Ocean Drive’s 5 a.m. last call to 2 a.m.
During a community meeting at the Miami Beach Police Department, Thursday, concerned residents expressed their disapproval over the recent violence. “I live in a crime zone,” said one woman.
“We got three bullets coming through the front door,” said another resident. “The president of my condo building had to take shelter on the floor.”
Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Grieco has also spoken out on the pressing issue. “This is not the place to come and cause havoc,” he said during a recent news conference.
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