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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/coralewis/a-baltimore-police-officer-has-resigned-after-a-video
The interim police commissioner accepted the officer's resignation Sunday evening, calling the actions "disturbing."
A Baltimore police officer has resigned from his position Sunday after video footage of him punching and tackling a civilian went viral over the weekend, the city's interim police commissioner said at a press conference Monday.
In the footage, which was tweeted by activist DeRay Mckesson, the officer can be seen repeatedly punching a man in the face, tackling him across steps, and pushing him onto the sidewalk, which he pins the man down to as the man bleeds from the face.
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This newbie cop beats this black guy senseless: broken jaw, broken nose, 3 broken ribs. He may have been provoked (he had arrested the same victim before) but this was clearly excessive force. And the older cop with him did nothing until he had the victim's bleeding face pinned to the sidewalk. That cop is now on desk duty pending an inquiry.
The interim police commissioner accepted the officer's resignation Sunday evening, calling the actions "disturbing."
A Baltimore police officer has resigned from his position Sunday after video footage of him punching and tackling a civilian went viral over the weekend, the city's interim police commissioner said at a press conference Monday.
In the footage, which was tweeted by activist DeRay Mckesson, the officer can be seen repeatedly punching a man in the face, tackling him across steps, and pushing him onto the sidewalk, which he pins the man down to as the man bleeds from the face.
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This newbie cop beats this black guy senseless: broken jaw, broken nose, 3 broken ribs. He may have been provoked (he had arrested the same victim before) but this was clearly excessive force. And the older cop with him did nothing until he had the victim's bleeding face pinned to the sidewalk. That cop is now on desk duty pending an inquiry.