October 19, 2005
Cell Phone Takes Picture Of Alleged Police Brutality
An alleged act of police brutality was caught on a cell phone camera in San Antonio, Texas, report Houston Chronicle and KSDK.
The shaky cell phone video shows a police officer striking a man with a baton as paramedics hold down his wife. A witness who didn't know the couple filmed the incident, which began when Williams suffered what she said is an asthma-related seizure.
The video, released Saturday, shows emergency personnel around a woman laying on the pavement. They hold her arms down. Then the video shows three police officers holding down a man on the ground. Another officer uses a baton to hit the man, who doesn't appear to be struggling at the time.
The couple is seeking $7.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages along with a requirement for police cars to have cameras that record all stops.
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