Cop fired for beating of teen caught on dash cam

[Liberal_in_LA]

Officer Beating Teen Caught On Tape
SC Officer Loses Job, Could Face Assault Charges

HONEA PATH, S.C. -- A police officer in South Carolina has lost his job over a violent video captured on his patrol car camera.

Watch The Dashcam Video http://www.wsmv.com/video/20600776/index.html

Dashcam video shows the officer, Eddie Webb, hitting a teenager several times with his flashlight, police said.

The 16-year-old and his friends were riding an ATV without any lights and sped away when Webb tried to pull them over.

[WillParkinson]

1. Oh, those were just love taps to show his concern...

:sarcasm:

Regardless the provocation, that office needs anger management...after he gets out of jail, of course.

[Mind_your_head]

2. don't need to see the need to

send the "now former" officer to the slammer. Pay the teen *handsomely* to be quiet about the whole thing....it's the *american way* these days, right?

:eyes:

[Vidar]

3. I'm pleasantly surprised they didn't promote him. Oh well, there's always politics &

the talk show circuit.

[uppityperson]

4. I am glad there as many cameras as there are. Waiting for "he should have complied" crew

to show up here, but maybe they are all tucked into their beds for the night

[zbdent]

5. looks like he's in real trouble ...

looks like he was beating WHITE kids ...

if he was beating any other type of kids, he'd probably be hailed as a hero to the SCers ...

[southernyankeebelle]

6. Wow, I wonder if he would have lost his job had the beating happened to a black 16 yr old.