Video footage posted on YouTube.com showing a police officer repeatedly striking a suspect in the face during an arrest has triggered an FBI investigation. The video shows two officers holding down a suspect on a Hollywood street as one punches him several times in the face before they are able to handcuff him. The footage, shot by an area resident, came to the FBI's attention last week, prompting investigators to open a civil rights inquiry into the Aug. 11 incident, an agency spokeswoman said.
November 13, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Video footage posted on YouTube.com showing a police officer repeatedly striking a suspect in the face during an arrest three months ago has triggered an FBI investigation.
The video shows two officers holding down William Cardenas, 24, on a Hollywood street as one punches him several times in the face before they are able to handcuff him. The struggling suspect yells repeatedly “I can’t breathe!”
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