Former Highland Park and Warren police officer Dammeon Lamark Player is once again at the center of legal scrutiny, facing a slew of charges for two alleged incidents of excessive force. In a development reported by FOX 2 Detroit, Player was charged with misconduct in office, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, and felonious assault related to a 2020 incident where he deployed his Taser multiple times on a man and pushed him into a concrete wall outside a Burger King, as well as for a separate 2023 rough arrest in Warren.

According to ClickOnDetroit, during the 2020 assault, Player responded to a call at a Burger King and entered a verbal altercation with a 36-year-old man. Player's use of his Taser and physical force led to the man's hospitalization. Player later transitioned from the Highland Park Police Department to the Warren Police Department; however, details surrounding his departure from the former remain undisclosed. These allegations have culminated in a probable cause conference scheduled for April 1.

Co-defendant in the 2023 incident, former officer Carlos Taylor, saw all charges against him dismissed in an unexpected legal turn, as noted by The Detroit News. Taylor was initially charged with misconduct in office, failure to uphold a law by a public officer and assault, but claims by his attorney regarding the victim's testimony that Taylor did not assault him led to a judge dismissing the case, leaving many, including Macomb County Prosecutor Pete Lucido, questioning the rapidity of the dismissal and the judge's decision not to let the case proceed to trial.

The Warren Police Department discharged both Taylor and Player following the 2023 charges with Taylor hoping to return to law enforcement after his licensure was nearly compromised by the duration of the legal proceedings and Player still faces his day in court for the alleged abuses of power, with the legal process continuing to unfold for the incidents that span a three-year period of his law enforcement career.