The claim comes a few weeks after a video appears to show an LAPD officer punching a man already in handcuffs.
Attorneys representing a South Los Angeles man filed a claim against the Los Angeles Police Department on Friday, a few weeks after a video showed an officer punching their client while he was being handcuffed.The arrest happened on July 28 when Alexander Donta Mitchell waited for a friend near East 113th Street and Graham Avenue. The department said he was double-parked and facing the wrong direction when officers approached him.
It shows the officer punching Mitchell in the face while he's being detained and in handcuffs. Neighbors said the man collapsed moments after the punch. Video from the incident also shows him taken away in an ambulance. The LAPD said he resisted arrest by refusing to place his hands behind his back and grasping his front waistband and pocket area with his right hand.
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