SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California police officer seen on video hurling a jaywalker to the ground and repeatedly punching him in the face will be the subject of a criminal investigation, authorities said Tuesday.
The “disturbing” and unreasonable actions of the officer, a two-year veteran of the department, were not within policy, Sacramento police said in a statement.
The officer was already on unpaid administrative leave as a result of the incident and will now be subject to a criminal investigation.
The department also released a second video of the incident, shot from the officer’s dash camera at a much greater distance than the video shot by a bystander that circulated earlier Tuesday. The latest video has sound.
In the exchange on a residential street, the man says the officer stopped him “for nothing,” then says “if you were a real man, you would take your gun away and fight me like a real man.”
The officer then lunges at the man and tackles him, punching him repeatedly. Another officer joins the struggle soon after.
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