Bodycam video kept secret for TWO YEARS shows white cop beating black man 18 times with flashlight:
Graphic body camera video showing a Louisiana State Police trooper strike a black man with a flashlight 18 times in 24 seconds following a traffic stop has been released after being kept secret for more than two years.
The May 2019 attack left Aaron Larry Bowman, 46, with a broken jaw, three broken ribs, a broken wrist and a gash to his head that required six staples to close.
Trooper Jacob Brown, 31, who is white, defended the beating as 'pain compliance,' although video shows Bowman yelling: 'I'm not resisting! I'm not resisting!'
Investigators argue that Brown intentionally attempted to hide the body camera footage. Bowman's defense attorney, Keith Whiddon, echoed the assertion, saying he was initially told there was no body-camera video of the incident.
The attack on Bowman came less than three weeks after state troopers punched, stunned and dragged another black motorist, Ronald Greene, before he died in police custody.
Federal prosecutors are examining both cases as part of a widening investigation into police brutality and potential cover-ups involving the department. /SNIP
Video and more at link.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9925403/Pain-compliance-Video-shows-trooper-pummeling-Black-man.html
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