The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office has declined to file charges against a city police officer who held a loaded gun to a restrained man’s head.

Defense attorneys for Jaemaun Joyner, 24, had shared body camera footage of the incident, calling it an “act of terrorism.” But Police Commissioner Richard Worley publicly backed the officer, Detective Connor Johnson.

“Based on our review, we will not be proceeding with any charges against either Mr. Joyner or the officer involved,” said spokesman James Bentley.

Bentley said State’s Attorney Ivan Bates — who was longtime law partners with one of Joyner’s attorneys, Tony Garcia — was not involved in the decision.

Garcia said he found out about the decision from the press and no one reached out to his client before making their decision. “I was taken aback, a bit stunned,” he said. “What kind of message are you sending to the citizens of Baltimore, and to the other police?”

He said he remained frustrated that other officers involved didn’t try to intervene. “The blue line is still strong,” Garcia said.

Joyner was at a vigil May 24 in East Baltimore when officers got a call for an armed robbery in the area. He was detained while standing near someone who police thought matched the description of the robber, and then tried to run.

The footage depicted Joyner on his back with multiple officers holding his arms and body down when Johnson grips his neck and holds his service weapon to Joyner’s temple. The officers said Joyner reached for a gun, but attorneys said that’s not what the video shows. Joyner’s attorneys said holding a gun to his head does not comply with Police Department policy.

A loaded gun and drugs were recovered from Joyner’s pockets, but charges against him were dropped days after his defense attorneys shared the body camera footage with prosecutors.

The attorneys also accused the officers of writing a misleading statement of probable cause to justify their actions.

Worley said at the time that Johnson “was out there doing his job, in an area where we want him to be, and going after individuals with guns” and that he had been in similar situations during his career.

The Fraternal Order of Police union cheered Worley for backing the officers, while the Baltimore chapter of the NAACP said it was so outraged — not just at the incident, but at Worley’s comments, that it would be launching a review of his tenure “to determine whether we believe he is fit to continue to lead law enforcement in our city.”