A video has just surfaced showing a female police officer beating a suspect repeatedly with a baton.
The man, who had allegedly threatened a Sacramento shop assistant, later died in police custody.
Officers had been called to the city’s Metro PCS store in Folsom Boulevard on Friday, after reports that a shop assistant was in danger. After the police arrived they attempted to handcuff the man, and a violent struggle ensued.
A shopper that witnessed the incident, filmed the moment the man was held to the ground as a police officer violently struck him repeatedly with her baton, while other officer restrained him
By the time the suspect, a white man in his 40s, had been restrained and taken into custody, and soon after was found to be not breathing. He was rushed to hospital, but later died.
CBS Sacramento reports:
According to the police press release, pepper spray and multiple baton strikes were used to free an officer that was in the suspect’s grasp. In addition, the release notes bystanders kicking the suspect, a security guard also using a baton on the suspect.
An investigation is currently underway involving the department’s homicide, internal affairs and crime scene investigation units, as well as the city’s office of public safety and accountability and the district attorney’s office.
Judging from the footage the number of strikes looks very unnecessary but you can judge for yourselves. With caution check out the video above.
