article_snippet.sent: Melendez pleaded not guilty to all charges from the arrestMelendez , according to Lee.
article_snippet.sent: In the police report written after the January arrest, Melendez wrote that Melendez hit Dent only after Dent had threatened Melendez and bit Melendez in the arm.
article_snippet.sent: Melendez wrote that as Melendez approached the car, Dent kept Melendez hands from view, looked at Melendez "with a blank stare as if on a form of narcotic," and said, "I'll kill you.
article_snippet.sent: Dent told CNN at the time that Melendez had never threatened nor bit the police officer.
article_snippet.sent: Melendez was too busy pounding me in my head," Dent said.
article_snippet.sent: Rohl also alleged that the cocaine found at the scene had been planted by Melendez.
highlights_snippet.sent: William Melendez was caught on police car dashcam video in January beating an unarmed black motorist .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: William Melendez was charged with assault on Monday; all charges against an unarmed black motorist have been dropped .