Police Brutality Caught On Camera

Police Brutality Caught On Camera (Added: August 12, 2008)

A Florida police officer has quit and two others are on administrative leave after a dashboard camera caught them punching and kicking a handcuffed suspect. (more)

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A Florida police officer has quit and two others are on administrative leave after a dashboard camera caught them punching and kicking a handcuffedsuspect.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: August 12, 2008

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A West Palm Beach police officer
has quit and two others are on administrative leave after a patrol
car dashboard camera caught them punching and kicking a handcuffed
suspect.
The video shows what happened to 42-year-old Pablo Valenzuela in May.
Authorities say the three officers tried to arrest him outside a
pharmacy for robbing of about 1,000 Oxycontin pills. Valenzuela
attempted to pepper-spray one of them.
The video shows the officers punching and kicking the Valenzuela
several times until he collapsed.
Valenzuela was arrested on charges of robbery, assault and
battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest.
Officers Louis Schwartz and Kurt Graham insist they only kicked
Valenzuela because the man was trying to bite Graham's leg. Officer
Jason Zangara said he punched Valenzuela after he tried to spit on
him.
Graham, described as a rookie officer still on probation,
resigned in July.
Schwartz and Zangara are on administrative leave.
The police chief is deciding disciplinary action for the
officers.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Police Brutality Caught On Camera

Police Brutality Caught On Camera (Added: August 12, 2008)

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