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HARVEY, La. (WGNO) – In a press conference Wednesday, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand made his position clear regarding his undercover deputy’s actions on February 13, saying “Becker started this.”

He was referring to an altercation between 17-year-old Brady Becker and Jefferson Parish Deputy Nicholas Breaux, which resulted in a cell phone video that shows the two in a violent scuffle. The video has since gone viral.

Watch: JPSO releases new video of fight between deputy and LaPlace teen

Normand said the officers on the scene identified themselves to the teens and were trying to get them to disperse from a Lakeside Mall parking lot after a parade. He also showed a photograph of Becker celebrating at another Mardi Gras event just days after the incident.

WGNO spoke with Brady Becker’s attorney, David Belfield, III, Wednesday afternoon. He disputed many of the statements made by Sheriff Normand, and said that several issues brought up during the afternoon press conference were “irrelevant,” including the fact that Becker had a blood alcohol content of .144.

“The only thing that’s material to the case was whether or not the police officer used excessive force,” said Belfield.

When pressed with the facts that the teens had reportedly been shouting anti-police obscenities, and that the amount of alcohol in question was seven times the legal limit for teenagers, Belfield said, “It could be 107 times the limit. The question is, ‘Did the police officer use excessive force?’ That’s all this case is about, excessive force. Whether the person was drunk or whether he was sober, whether he’s the Pope or the President of the United States. Did he use excessive force, regardless of the condition of the person.”

Watch: More of attorney David Belfield’s interview, HERE.

The Sheriff said that he won’t stand for his organization being “disparaged,” and said that Belfield had “bamboozled” the media using the viral video. He also stated that Becker was angry because a fellow high school student had been arrested for marijuana possession.