watch. it is tough to see officers kneeing him in the side and the back as all of them are leaning on top of him. this happened outside of a convenience store in arkansas. the local sheriff who says the suspect is in jail was wanted for threatening a gas station clerk in a neighboring town. all three officers are suspended or on administrative leave and an investigation into the arrest is now underway. we have a closer look at all of this with omar. the man was taken to the hospital and treated and he is now in jail. what more are you learning about what happened here? reporter: for starters, the video is ugly and hard to watch as that plays out. the central question that i think at the top of everyone s minds when you watch that is was that amount of force necessary, smael with those three law enforcement officers there and it s also the question at the center of a now state investigation into how an initial call for allegedly being spit on and threatened ended like this.
television commentator was definite stated remotely. we will have the latest from moscow in a moment. we begin this hour with the latest on the violent arrest in arkansas caught on camera. cnn correspondent omar jimenez is following all of this. as poppy said, the images contained are disturbing. reporter: three arkansas law enforcement officers have been removed from duty after this video showing them hitting a man outside a store in mulberry, arkansas, was posted to social media. the officers are seen punching and kneeing the suspect repeatedly and, later, arresting him. in the video, a woman not seen can be heard screaming to stop beating him telling the officers he needs his medicine. an officer points and yells at her to back up. the person who posted the avoid says her sister witnessed the altercation. the two crawford county deputies were suspended and the mulberry police officer placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated. police say the man in
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