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Recommend Jury Sees What it Wants: Video Taped Beating & Kicking of Black Man by Battle Creek Police Not Enough to Convict (Email)

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BATTLE CREEK (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – Officer Ryan Lapratt lost his job after an incident back in December. Tuesday a jury found him not guilty of assault and battery.

African American community leaders are expressing their disappointment in the verdict and questioning whether justice has been done.

The incident was caught on a police cruiser dash-cam in Battle Creek.

Community leaders say the video speaks for itself and they say what happened to Dujuan Rose is assault. They're concerned that a Calhoun County jury disagreed.

"We are deeply disturbed by the outcome of the case," said Marvin Austin. Austin says anyone who's seen the video should be able to see it's assault.

It's a dash cam recording from last December when Battle Creek police officers Andrew Olsen and Ryan Lapratt pulled over Dujuan Rose. When Rose is already down on the ground Lapratt comes into frame kicking and punching.

"We are clear the the evidence of that video showed an assault that night by the police officer," said Austin.

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