Officer James Frascatore was part of an undercover operation targeting credit card fraud and mistakenly thought Blake was one of the suspects. A security video captured Frascatore tackling and handcuffing Blake, who was let go after officers realised their mistake. In his second departmental trial connected in the incident, Frascatore said he was just following orders to arrest a man who looked like Blake. "I had death threats coming in to my children, my wife, myself. Frascatore denied telling anyone to leak the longer tape, saying his sister-in-law gave it out in an attempt to stop the death threats.

Source: The Telegraph August 01, 2018 21:33 UTC