Stanislav Petrov Police Beating , Thursday, San Francisco, Warning: Brutal

[Stuart G]

Two Northern California sheriff's deputies seen repeatedly beating a suspected car thief in a video were placed on paid administrative leave on Sunday.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Alameda County deputies, who were not identified, were placed on leave two days after the release of the video, which launched an internal investigation.

The video released on YouTube by the San Francisco public defender's office shows two deputies chasing a man on foot. As the man slows, one deputy tackles him and punches him twice. The second deputy arrives and starts hitting the man with his baton. Soon, both deputies hit him with their batons as he screamed and alternated from laying on the ground and getting on his knees.

Warning: the video is disturbing and contains violence and several obscenities.
link for entire article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stanislav-petrov-beating-alameda_564a7a1be4b045bf3df09a5e
link to San Francisco Chronicle article:
http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/us/article/2-sheriff-s-deputies-seen-in-beating-video-put-on-6634805.php

[tazkcmo]

1. Nice.

Professional. By the book. Model for all LEA's. Humane. Legal.

All things this is not.

[MrMickeysMom]

2. I can hear it now... "We feared for our lives"...

... That's why 3 cops had to tackle and beat him for the better part of one minute and then chat idle-like as he moaned in agony.