Video: Sheriff's deputy punches man lying on the ground
MILL CREEK — A video posted last week on social media shows a Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy repeatedly punching a man lying on the ground.
According to a report, he was tensing up and digging his nails into the deputy’s arm.
The video originally appeared on the app Nextdoor with the title, “extrajudicial punishment or nah?” The 23-second video depicts a scene that took place around 5 a.m. on May 28. It apparently was recorded with a cellphone from the second story of a house on 35th Avenue Southeast, near Southeast 132nd Street, a little north of Mill Creek.
The video begins with a deputy pulling a man out of a van and forcing him to the pavement in a driveway. The man appears to lie still as the deputy rapidly punches him at least 10 times, while two other deputies help keep him on the ground. The man can be heard talking. “Hey I’m not resisting, guys,” he says. He claims he has an auto-immune deficiency and that he’s positive for COVID-19.
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The video is at the link. It's not in a format that can be imbedded here. It appears the man is subdued but the sheriff's deputy keeps punching him.