Video of officer punching teen prompts AG investigation
Source: Associated Press
Updated 2:45 pm CST, Monday, February 18, 2019
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- A video showing police repeatedly punching a 16-year-old during an arrest has prompted the Delaware Attorney General's Office to review the case.
The News Journal of Wilmington reports the video shows New Castle County police punching the male teen during an arrest Friday. The video shows a teen pinned on a driveway by one officer and punched in the face several times by a second officer.
Attorney General Kathy Jennings said the AG's Office of Civil Rights and Public Trust is investigating the arrest.
Police said they received drug-dealing complaints in the area, and the 16-year-old matched the complaint description. They said they found "numerous" bags of marijuana, a digital scale, prescription pills and over $1,000 in cash on the teen.
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From Delaware Online:
Video shows New Castle County police officer repeatedly punching teen during drug arrest
Jessica Bies and Josephine Peterson, Delaware News Journal Published 6:34 p.m. ET Feb. 17, 2019 Updated 11:39 p.m. ET Feb. 17, 2019
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New Castle County Police are reviewing the arrest of a teen in a marijuana investigation after video surfaced showing an officer repeatedly punching the boy in the head.
Cpl. Michel Eckerd, a spokesman for the department, said officers responded to East Bellamy Drive in the Carriage Run development near New Castle Friday night after receiving a drug-dealing complaint.
When the officers got there, they smelled marijuana on a 16-year-old boy who fit the description from the complaint. A struggle ensued as they attempted to apprehend him, Eckerd said.
The county police learned Saturday night that someone recorded the arrest and posted the video on social media, Eckerd said.
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