Cop caught on video beating alleged jaywalker
 

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SACRAMENTO -- A Sacramento police officer has been placed on administrative leave after throwing a pedestrian to the ground and striking him in the face multiple times in an incident captured on video, CBS San Francisco reports.

In a press release, the department said, "the videos of this incident portray actions and behavior that we would consider unacceptable conduct by a Sacramento Police Officer. As a result, the Department's Internal Affairs Division is investigating the event."

The incident happened at 5:07 p.m. Monday in the Del Paso Heights neighborhood of Sacramento.

The video, posted by Naomi Montaie, starts by showing the incident unfolding from inside a vehicle. The officer and the man are seen standing in the middle of a residential street exchanging words. What they are saying is inaudible.

A woman inside the vehicle yells, "Nephew, just listen." About three seconds later, the officer steps forward, grabs the man and hurls him onto the pavement. The woman yells, "Hey, hey! Why you doing him like that?"

The car then moves forward as video continues to capture the incident, showing the officer on top of the man, punching him repeatedly.

"Hey, hey, why you beatin' him like that?" the woman yells.

Another officer arrives and handcuffs the man as he's face down on the pavement.

"Oh my God, why'd you take him down like that?... He just got off work," the woman says.

In the end, seven officers surround the man, handcuffed in the street. Eventually, they put the man in the back of a police car.

"He was bleeding at the mouth... That one cop, took him down and just started: bam, bam, bam," says the woman.

Then the video ends.

According to police, the officer attempted to stop the man "who was observed crossing the street unlawfully.... The officer then got out of his patrol car and tried to detain him, but the subject walked away."

Police say "the pedestrian began removing his jacket, challenging the officer to fight. The officer charged at the pedestrian to take him into custody. For an unknown reason, the officer threw the pedestrian to the ground and began striking him in the face with his hand multiple times. Within a few moments, additional officers arrived to assist in handcuffing the suspect."

According to police, the beating victim was held in the Sacramento Main Jail and released Tuesday morning due to "insufficient grounds to file a complaint."

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg told the Sacramento Bee Tuesday that he found the actions of the officer "extremely disturbing and not representative of the training nor the expectations we have for our police department."

The name of the officer has not been released, but according to police he is a two-year veteran with the department. He is on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the internal investigation.

Meantime, the video posted on Facebook was viewed more than half a million times and shared by more than 14,000 users by Wednesday morning.

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I saw that video and the guy takes his coat off to fight the cop. He deserved a beating.

we will see. it's not even criminal!!! where was his ticket book??? :disgust:disgust taking his coat off is not a reason to take him down.

That guy was being a dick, even the woman was telling him to settle down before it happened. The cop beating him in the face after he was down is excessive yes but the guy was asking for it..

IMO, the argument here is do cops need better training to "try" and deescalate the situation before it comes to that..Maybe the cop should of stepped back once or twice, trying to reason with him before the dramatics. IMO cops are way too fucking gung-ho which leads to much of these problems..

On the other hand did anyone see the one in CO? The cop fucking body slammed some chick that couldn't of weighed 110lbs. He just straight up slammed her to the ground on cement and this is a 200+lb dude..

She was white though so it didn't make much lasting news..

Dumb shit cop will lose his job over beating the shit out of a jay walker. Real smart.

the cop was yelling "Drop you weapon!" :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh the lawyers are ringing his phone off the hook!!!!
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cops have enough bullsht to deal with everyday.

when you're being standoff'ish , it means your playing games with them.

listen to them, behave , and nothing bad happens...95% of the time. Look at all the previous police shootings, racial shootings or whatever.... in 95% of the cases....the idiots are being standoff'ish.

they deserve to be shot , if they don't know how to take simple orders from police.

when ur in kindergarten you learn as child not to talk back to the teacher ..but obviously these kids must never of been taught anything of discipline from their parents.

tell that to the guy that was shot on the ground with his hands in the air. :disgust:disgust this is a tactic idiot cops use to search people! when he found out he works for a living it pissed him off.

those ugly women are FAAAAAAT

look at those fat neck fucks crying. holy shit. I can't even.

Jwalking tickets are bullshit pussy tickets to make money for the city. Bullshit. They should be abolished.

The guy got what he deserved threatning to fight the officer by puffing his chest & throwing his jacket off. He should have listened to his Aunt telling at him to settle down. He has a good Aunt. Good for the cop for kicking ass very well :thumbsup

I didn't notice that just clicked your video link and responded to the kid posturing and his Aunt telling at him to stop.


I didn't know that. Interesting. The cop could be a bad cop, he was definitely ready for a fight. This shit just sucks it's gonna be 2020 soon and I had a lot of expectations growing up at how we'd transcend things by now socially & technologically, we've come a long ways forward while still going backwards it seriously blows my mind.

It's nice to see a motivated police officer out there earning his paycheck instead of hanging around the donut shop. Respect! :thumbsup

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:thumbsup

Jaywalkers deserve a good beating!

i want to see exactly where he crossed :helpme:helpme that street has houses on both sides :Oh crap there is no jaywalking on a residential street

Maybe United Airlines will offer him a job.

too soon..

not all, just most.

the one in south carolina, where the guy was running away...and the cop still shot him was f'd up. So was the one in Louisiana, where he was on the ground, and hands above his head.

just sayin, in MOST instances...chill and listen, and everything will b chill.

the worst type of funding for police dept's is anti-gang unit funding. they literally profile and stop anybody that's wearing red or blue. total bullsht...and it's bad chemistry like that, that start the rifts in the first place.

What do you mean alleged? He was clearly jaywalking

it's a civil matter not criminal! he had no right to take him to jail!