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A viral video event waiting to happen: Alleged beating of 15-year old by 8 Houston cops caught on video

Richard Connelly at the Houston Press' Hairballs' blog says:Reports are everywhere about eight Houston police officers allegedly caught on tape beating a suspect. But the worst is no doubt yet to come, when the video eventually gets released.Mayor Annise Parker tried to describe what's seen on the security-cam footage as calmly as possible to reporters yesterday, but anytime you have to say of your police force that they're alleged to have "handcuffed the suspect and then may have beaten that suspect while he was in custody and handcuffed," it's not good.The 15-year old suspect ran from the cops, who allegedly handcuffed then beat him after they caught up with him, not realizing their actions were captured by a surveillance camera at a self-storage facility...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 02, 2010 (boomark / email).