Taizier Griffin walked into court Friday facing the possibility of years in prison; he walked out facing a fine. His lawyers say he will sue Ocean City police.
that the officers’ accounts of what happened before the video were inaccurate. They said when Vincent first approached Griffin he grabbed the teen by the arm, and Griffin reflexively pulled away.Michael Farlow, an assistant state’s attorney for Worcester County, said that Griffin yelled he would kill the officers and that the fact that officers Vincent and Laughlin “virtually simultaneously” drew Tasers showed that both perceived a threat.
The judge said Griffin did fail to identify himself to police and obey their orders, and he merged those charges into the disorderly conduct charge in imposing the fine. Afterward, Murphy and Worcester County State’s Attorney Kristin Heiser disagreed on how many convictions that amounted to. Heiser said three; Murphy said one.The judge offered Griffin “probation before judgment,” which would have allowed him to avoid a criminal record. The teen declined, preserving his right to appeal.
After the verdict, Murphy and Ruff posed smiling for photos with Griffin and his mother and brother outside the courthouse. Murphy said of the disorderly conduct conviction: “That’s like rolling a spare, one bowling pin remaining, and we’re going to get that knocked down on appeal.”Griffin said he was glad to have the trial behind him. “I didn’t know what was going to happen,” he said. “What I went through, no one should go through.”
Murphy and Ruff have notified Ocean City of their client’s plan to sue for more than $1 million in physical and mental damages.The lawyers on Friday also handled the case of another teenager, Brian Anderson, whose violent arrest along the boardwalk was captured in viral video last summer days after Griffin’s. TheAfter the verdict in Griffin’s case, Farlow agreed to drop assault and resisting arrest charges against Anderson in exchange for a guilty plea for disorderly conduct.
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