Miami Cop Suspended Over Video Showing Handcuffed Man Beaten in Liberty City
Miami Cop Suspended Over Video Showing Handcuffed Man Beaten in Liberty City
By Tim Elfrink
Friday, August 14, 2015 | 1 day ago
The 47-second video opens with a group of Miami Police officers calmly handcuffing a young man wearing a black T-shirt. One of the officers then leads the man toward a squad car and sits him in the back seat. Then, suddenly, the officer lunges toward the suspect, seemingly hitting him before jumping on the young man. The woman filming cries out and runs toward the car, when her camera is suddenly knocked from her hands.
Many questions remain unanswered about the footage, but this much is clear: The video quickly went viral on Facebook last night, and now Miami PD has suspended the officer and opened an investigation.
"We have seen the video, and we have launched a full internal affairs investigation into the matter," says Miami PD spokesman Maj. Delrish Moss, who has yet to identify the officer involved. "We take that responsibility very seriously. The officer involved in the incident will be relieved of duty as we investigate."
The video was originally uploaded to Facebook by a woman named Marilyn Smith, with little context, just the caption: "Police Brutality #FreeYayo." (The YouTube clip below is via Photography Is Not A Crime.)
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