Yesterday's police chase through the streets of Miami was more than interesting. It looked like a scene from a movie but it was quite real. Thank God no one was seriously hurt during the chase.

Few details have been disclosed regarding the reason for the chase. The culprit is a convicted felon who is reported to have led police on chases before.

Overshadowing the actions of the criminal is police conduct after he was taken down. Two police officers can be clearly seen kicking the subject while he was face down and another officer was on his back trying to cuff him. One of the two officers punched and kicked the subject while he was clearly captured.

Folks can talk about adrenaline and provide other reasons for the officers' behavior but they were clearly out of line. It was easy to see that the subject would have received a serious beat down if the media had not been present.

If you're black and have been in Miami for more than 40 years, you immediately think about Arthur McDuffie. Then there's the recent controversy about Bernie Dyer and the number of black men in Miami-Dade County shot by police officers. You have to wonder how many young black men were roughed up behind the false police report filed by Adriana Velasquez in her vivid description of her assault by a black man.

Yesterday, the media tried to clean up the take-down of Angel Soto by talking about the officers giving him water. Apparently that was a big deal as that is not typically done. Too late. The damage had already been done.

What those two officers did was also damaging to their fellow officers who are already perceived with an air of distrust in some areas of the community.

This morning the media talked about Soto's criminal past and said he is a dangerous guy. That could be true, but thanks to those two officers, he looks like the victim. Soto's wife is considering legal action against the police. Stay tuned.