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Arkansas Police Officers Caught on Video Beating Suspect

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Video shows three officers beating the suspect. Video screenshot

Arkansas police launched an investigation on Sunday into the beating of a suspect under arrest, an incident caught on video.

Three Arkansas policemen were suspended over the video widely circulated on social media. The video depicts three law enforcement officers on top of a man under arrest punching him in the head and kneeing him several times.

A woman who is not seen in the video can be heard saying, “Don’t beat him! He needs his medicine!” One officer responds, “Back the f**k up!” while another orders her to get in her car.

The person who posted the video online said her sister witnessed the altercation outside the Kountry Xpress in Mulberry.

Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante issued a statement Sunday evening, stating two county deputies will be suspended during the course of the Arkansas state police’s investigation into the incident and the sheriff’s office’s internal investigation. A Mulberry police officer also was suspended.

“I hold all my employees accountable for their actions and will take appropriate measures in this matter,” Damante said.

In a statement released on Sunday evening, Mulberry Police Chief Shannon Gregory said the officer involved in the incident is on leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

“The city of Mulberry and the Mulberry police department takes these investigations very seriously,” Gregory said.

According to police, a report indicated that a man was making threats to a convenience store employee in Mulberry, Arkansas on Sunday morning. Mulberry is located about 137 miles northwest of Little Rock.

Investigation launched by Arkansas police on beating

Police later identified the arrested man as Randall Worcester, 27, of Goose Creek, South Carolina.

Worcester was taken to an area hospital for examination and treatment and was later booked at the Crawford County Jail in Van Buren, Arkansas, state police said.

Worcester was jailed on complaints of second-degree burglary, resisting arrest, refusal to submit, possessing an instrument of crime, criminal trespass, criminal mischief, terroristic threats, and second-degree assault, according to Arkansas State Police.

The Crawford County Sheriff’s office acknowledged the video in a social media post on Sunday, adding that it requested Arkansas State Police to conduct an investigation into the incident.

Arkansas State Police confirmed later on Sunday that it had opened an investigation into the use of force by the three officers.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson commented on the video in a tweet on Sunday.

“I have spoken with Col. Bill Bryant of the Arkansas State Police, and the local arrest incident in Crawford County will be investigated pursuant to the video evidence and the request of the prosecuting attorney,” Hutchinson said on Twitter.

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