Iraq war veteran captures police brutality on mobile phone



An Iraq war veteran has captured dramatic footage of a police officer punching a homeless woman in the face on a city bus back home in Los Angeles.

Police are investigating the assault after Jeremiah Green shot the video on his mobile phone and smuggled the memory card past the officers when they demanded it.

Mr Green was able to pass the card into his mouth while smoking and then to his fiancée with a kiss.

“It turned my stomach,” he said. “You just don’t just swing and sock someone in the face. I think that’s real uncalled for.”

The attack happened after the homeless woman – believed to be mentally ill - called the deputy sheriff a "big shot".

Original report here. A somewhat longer account here. The cops are toughing it out so far.




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