three police officers Arkansas (US) suspended this Sunday following the release of a video in which they were seen. beating an arrested manlocal media reported.
The video, which spread rapidly on social networks, shows the prisoner being immobilized on the ground by three agents. One of them hits him a few times and even bangs his head on the groundgives another body kicks and the third helps him stay still.
Two of the cops Crawford County Sheriff’s deputies and a third, a police officer from Mulberry, a town in that county.
The Arkansas State Police will be responsible for investigating what happened, as confirmed in a Twitter message by state governor Asa Hutchinson.
Crawford Police Chief James Damante confirmed the officers’ suspension.
“Necessary action will be taken in this regard.”Damante assured, and the Mulberry Police had their agents adjudicated along the same lines.
As reported by radio network NPR, a Tik Tok user named Naomi Johnson posted the video on this social network with a message: “My sister witnessed this today”. Although his video appeared in numerous posts on Twitter, it was removed from the aforementioned network.
Police sources told local media that the incident occurred after police in the town of Alma received a tip about a man who threatened a store clerk by “cutting his face” and threatening to send “terrorist” messages.
The man left the store and rode his bike on the highway until he was stopped by the cops. According to the police, the detainee tried to escape and even attacked one of the policemen.
this in police custody after being taken to hospital with non-exhaustive injuries, and charged with various charges, including assault and terrorist threat.