Video: Man beaten as East St. Louis police watch

By Carolyn P. Smith - News-Democrat
BND.com
Oct. 20, 2011


A video posted on YouTube shows two East St. Louis Police officers standing by as another man punches a handcuffed man lying in the street.

The video is the subject of an internal investigation, the top commander of the police department said.

[...]]The video shows the two East St. Louis police officers present near Club Capacity, which is the former Jo Joe’s and before that was Club Phoenix. The unnamed victim is lying on the ground in handcuffs. A police commander is standing by as an unknown individual, who is not with the police, beats the victim. An officer Maces the victim and the man beating the victim Maces the victim, too.

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