the kids. back up! reporter: moments later, in the video shot last thursday, you see the officer burying his knee into the boy s head. a second officer helps drag the teen into the street. you can hear the children shouting threats. wait, we re going to put a report on these two fools. reporter: one mother defending her son, saying the officer was choking him before the video started rolling. i see the officer choking my son, and i m like, what are you doing? reporter: the city says the officer was responding to a trespassing call and will remain on desk duty while they investigate. david, so far police have not commented on what happened before the video started rolling, but they tell abc news they plan on interviewing everybody involved as part of the investigation. david? kayna, thank you. when we come back, a passing to report tonight from hollywood. also, more that midair scare on an american airlines flight out of chicago, forced to turn back. what we ve learned
did you see with your own yeas him reaching for the officer s gun? were you able to see that? no. with my eyes i didn t see him reaching for the officer s gun. i didn t see that. reporter: but police say that is indeed the information they have been given from the three officers. and i ll have you know, it was three officers who ended up shooting and firing, ending up killing the support there that you see on the sidewalk. his lifeless body lying there. the whole time anthony blackburn was rolling video. but before the videotape started rolling, he said the man was tased by police once before, tried to get into his tent, got into the tent and police pulled the tent up over him and then tased him again. so police themselves said they didn t use the taser several times and it was ineffect chul. you do see him jumping up and looking like he s swinging at police, trying to fight with the police. they get him on the ground and
there s a tussle that happens there. but no one in the neighborhood was expecting to see what they saw when the officers ended up opening fire. there is an open investigation happening now with the police and the district attorney s office which is the norm here in los angeles. three agencies take a look at this and investigate it. until they get through the investigation, there is other videotape that s out there. police say that at least one of the officers was wearing a body camera. and there is videotape from one of the areas nearby, one of the homeless shelters that has surveillance video. they know that does exist. there s a lot for them to go through to try to determine if this was a lawful shooting. i mean that s fantastic. the more angles the better. clearly when you re 100 feet away, you might think that s close but that s not right there on top of the action. stand by for a moment if you will. i want to bring in paul call len
vehicle, kicked him and punched him, while was wife two-year-old daughter watched. now some of the bikers are accusing the victim of starting the whole thing. glory allred says she has evidence that the driver hit one of the motorcycles first before the helmet cam started rolling. we have not seen this video and cannot confirm it represents. she represents this guy. she says he is probably paralyzed, her words, after the suv ran him over, breaking his spine. video of the chase before the beating, before the beating happened, shows the incident. several bikers surrounded the suv before the driver floored it to escape and ran over some of the bikers in the process. the cops have not charged the driver with anything. his wife says the bikers put the family in, quote, life-threatening situation. with us now on the news deck is attorney rose marie a. followed. this is a tough one, because