Bodycam video shows arrest of repeat offender after Beachwalk beating of journalist covering FIFA Club World Cup

Newly disclosed body camera video shows officers arresting a man who police revealed brutally beat a German sports journalist who was visiting South Florida earlier this summer and the suspect is no stranger to the law The bodycam video obtained exclusively by News captured the moment Miami Beach Police officers took Perry Smith into custody Get your hand out of your pocket Listen to me an officer tells Smith Im listening says Smith Pay attention says the officer Never before seen crime scene photos also obtained by News capture the extent of the injuries that Pit Gottschalk suffered back on June a swollen bloody eye a bruised face and more bruising on his back News broke the story of the attack Gottschalk described the development at the time One fist hits me in the face and the other one in the back he reported Gottschalk commented he was randomly attacked while on the Beachwalk near th Street The journalist had flown in from Germany to cover FIFA Club World Cup matches being held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens But as he was walking back to his hotel that night the victim uncovered himself in the middle of a bare-knuckle fight of which he yearned no part I tried to run and to escape from the situation announced Gottschalk Police were flagged down and within moments officers located and apprehended the suspect What s your first name an officer says in the bodycam video Perry says Smith Perry asks the officer Yeah says Smith Your last name asks the officer Smith says Smith Investigators and city agents noted the suspect in the random attack is a familiar face A repeat offender Has a wrap sheet as long as my arm commented Miami Beach Commissioner Tanya K Bhatt Smith is well known to Miami Beach officers and casualties of violent crime He started saying You expletive you expletive threw me on the floor reported a victim in a prior circumstance He explained Give me all your money now or I m going to hurt you ' declared Jo Manning a victim in yet another occurrence City Commissioner Alex Fernandez did not mince worlds about Smith This is a menace to society he commented He s attacking innocent people walking down the street reported Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Mindy S Glazer during an April bond hearing A repeat felony offender Smith has been in and out of jail from Miami-Dade to Georgia for attacks on women and men Last year he received what city leaders and casualties called a sweetheart plea deal after an attempted strong-arm robbery on Manning who is in her s Smith is also a convicted sex offender He now sits in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center following his alleged encounter with Gottschalk who had a welcome to South Florida moment he won t soon forget During his bond hearing on June Smith didn t exactly make friends with Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Christine Hernandez A bond disclosed Hernandez And you re going to die a thousand deaths explained Smith Smith faces a list of charges that include battery resisting arrest and trespassing His trial is pending