Allegations:
Winters was walking when Officer Cifuentes came up behind him and grabbed his shoulder without announcing that he was a police officer. Thinking he was being robbed, Winters fled and Cifuentes ran after him for about a block. When Winters fell down after slipping on some grass, Cifuentes caught up to him and hit the back of his head several times with a blunt object, knocking him out. Cifuentes then repeatedly hit Winters' face and body with his hands and fist. Officer Diaz did not attempt to stop Cifuentes. The officers handcuffed Winters and took him to a hospital, where he received 16 staples to close the cut on the back of his head, several stitches for the cuts to his face and treatment for his black eyes. Cifuentes later went to a hospital to be treated for his swollen right hand. Officers charged Winters with aggravated battery to a police officer and resisting arrest. Winters was found not guilty in a jury trial.