(CNN) -- A Duluth, Minnesota, police officer will face criminal charges for, as a video shows, beating up a man in a detox facility last month, the city's police department said Thursday. Shawn Reed, the independent counsel looking into the case, decided Thursday to press charges against Officer Richard Jouppi, according to a news release from Duluth police. Jouppi will face counts of fifth-degree assault and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors. The officer's attorney, Frederic Bruno, defended his clients' actions as "100%" justified. According to a police report written by Jouppi, officers responded on September 21 to transport a man -- later identified as Anthony Jackson -- who witnesses described as being "extremely intoxicated (and) in two fights tonight." Duluth police spokesman Jim Hansen said last Friday that officers had gone to a halfway house because Jackson had violated its no-drinking policy.
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NEW: The accused officer's lawyer says his clients' actions were 100% justified
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An independent counsel decides to press charges against a Duluth police officer
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Video shows him beating up a man in a detox facility, after the man pawed at him
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Earlier, the officer's lawyer called the accusation against his client "a little extreme"
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"I controlled his right arm at the elbow in order to prevent Jackson from falling through with his threat to strike (a) staff member," @placeholder wrote in the police report.
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@placeholder's attorney described the charges facing his client, even though misdemeanors, as "disturbing" and unwarranted.
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The attorney asserts that @placeholder "clearly stands up in the video and strikes the police officer."