Witnesses say a Gang of Atlanta Cops Repeatedly Beat Black Man with Metal Batons - on video

From [HERE] and [HERE] A cell phone video of Atlanta police striking a Black man with night sticks outraged one Atlanta community. The video of the incident shows APD officers striking a Black man multiple times with a metal batons, pepper spray and kicking him as he lay on the ground. A group of powerless neighbors witnessesd the entire event. 

Neighbors were so angered by what they saw that the following day some threw bricks and hammers at police cars that were responding to a protest at the apartment complex. Residents in the neighborhood feel like they are unnecessarily and excessively targeted by police patrols and frisking, said Marlon Kautz, a volunteer with CopWatch of East Atlanta, which works with residents to prevent police brutality.

Kautz said he arrived at the apartment complex Monday evening and saw police shoving and beating two people. He didn’t see anyone throw anything at police Tuesday but said he didn’t doubt the negative reaction, he said. “It wouldn’t surprise me because I know the public here is completely outraged by what they see as a continuing pattern of police harassment and violence in this neighborhood. They don’t feel like they have any recourse,” he said. [MORE]

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Wednesday, the Atlanta Chief of Police George Turner addressed the community outrage.

"The individual was continuing to resist the arrest. We've formalized an investigation, any information of wrongdoing we will investigate it and deal with those officers," Turner said.

The family of the man in the video claim this is a clear case of police brutality.

"The police choked him from the back and wrestled him down and pepper-sprayed him and was beating him with a baton," the suspect's mother, Nisele Browning, said.

Atlanta police told CBS Atlanta News Wednesday that so far, a formal complaint has not been filed against the officers.