Seattle police officers filmed beating man on ground with batons at a bus stop | US News

Two police officers in the US are under investigation after they were filmed hitting a man on the ground with their batons at a bus stop.

Footage posted online showed officers repeatedly hitting the man with batons. seattle last Friday.

During the 40-second clip, one of the officers appeared to grab the man’s hair before placing a knee on the back of his head to restrain him.

The video does not show what happened before the officers began beating the man.

The Seattle Office of Police Accountability, a city watchdog, is investigating the incident.

The city’s acting police chief, Sue Rahr, who took over last week after the ouster of her embattled predecessor Adrian Diaz, said she had reviewed the video and understood the concern it had caused.

Their statement added: “While OPA is conducting a thorough investigation as required by our accountability process, my staff is gathering information, including all videos available for my review, to have a more complete picture of the entire incident. “.

It is not known if the officers have been suspended while the investigation is underway, or what happened to the man.

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The video was recorded by Deeanthony Marcell while passing by on a bus.

He told NBC News affiliate KING 5-TV: “I don’t know what he did, he could have done something, I don’t know what he did, but that’s not right, there’s two of you.”

“They were killing him before he even got the camera out.”

The investigation comes at a difficult time for the police department.

Last week, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced that Diaz would be replaced after four years in the top job, amid accusations of discrimination against women and people of color.