Two Chicago police officers have now been relieved of their duties as officials investigate an arrest that was caught on camera and showed one of them slamming a man to the ground.
Police say that Bernard Kersh, the 29-year-old man in the video, was under arrest for drinking in public when he became verbally abusive and then spit on, as well as threatened, one of the officers.
An officer appeared to be seen throwing a man to the ground on Nov. 28, 2019, in Chicago during an arrest An officer appeared to be seen throwing a man to the ground on Nov. 28, 2019, in Chicago during an arrest"The officer then performed an emergency takedown, taking the offender to the ground," according to a statement from police.
Kersh has since been charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer, assault and resisting arrest."That gentleman didn’t do anything wrong," Jovonna Jamison told ABC News in a telephone interview last Friday.An undated photo provided by Chicago Police Department shows Bernard Kersh."He's suffered from it for the last six years.
Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi previously said on Twitter the arrest was under investigation and the"actions depicted on a social media video" are being taken very seriously."While a single video does not depict the entirety of the interactions between the police and the individual, this particular video is very disturbing," she wrote on Twitter last Friday.ABC News' William Gretsky contributed to this report.
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