NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — An NYPD officer was arraigned on assault and other charges for allegedly kicking a subdued man in the head during an arrest last summer.

Officer Joel Edouard, 37, did not speak during his brief court appearance Tuesday, letting his attorney enter a plea of not guilty to assault, attempted assault and official misconduct, 1010 WINS’ Al Jones reported.

On July 23, 2014, Edouard and his partner tried to arrest 32-year-old Jahmiel Cuffee after they allegedly saw him drinking on the sidewalk and possessing what appeared to be marijuana on a Bedford-Stuyvesant street, prosecutors said.