One of the Crawford County sheriff s deputies facing a lawsuit over an arrest captured in a video that went viral in August was sued Friday by a woman claiming he also used excessive force against her during an arrest about two months earlier.
The Department of Justice is investigating possible civil rights violations after three Arkansas officers were caught on camera on Sunday morning beating a handcuffed man as he lay on the floor.
and the fbi is also investigating. the crawford county sheriff s office has identified them as deputy zack king, deputy levi white, and mulberry officer thell riddle. cnn has reached out to all three, but so far hasn t heard back. they will be punished for what they did if they are found to be in violation of any rights, laws, or anything like that. reporter: the incident happened sunday in mulberry, arkansas, about 140 miles northwest of little rock. on the video, you can see at least two officers punching and hitting the man and kneeing him repeatedly as they try to arrest him. that s when a bystander off camera yells at the officers. arkansas governor asa hutchinson said the officers response was not consistent with the training they received. that is reprehensible conduct
Randal Worcester, 27, is set to sue the three officers who were caught on camera battering him in Mulberry, Arkansas, on August 21. His stepfather, Eric Wedding, said the cops should burn .