his medicine but the officers yell at her to back up. the 27-year-old man was eventually taken to jail where he is facing multiple charges, including battery and assault. omar jimenez is with us and leads us off. what more do we know about the suspect and the events that led up to the disturbing encounter? right now one. anyone who watched that video, it s an ugly scene that you re seeing there. what led up to it, while we don t know those immediate moments, we do know that it started when a gas station attendant nearby called the police for a man who was allegedly threatening that person and spit on that person. so police were called. they basically found this person at a nearby convenience store and that s where the video appears to pick up. now, the crawford county sheriff s office, which is the county in mulberry, arkansas, just put out a statement this past hour identifying these three officers involved. the statement said these deputies involved in the video yesterday
officer tell riddle. please refer questions to the arkansas state police and fed federal bureau of investigations. we are cooperating and will make a statement to the public at a later time. of course when you see this playing out, the actions that are on this video are now the subject of a state investigation that is looking at just the physical aspects, the use of force in this. but of course from that point on it will be determined whether any criminal charges could be filed, because of course it will be prosecuted. how is it going to be handled going forward? we ve heard from the governor and this is obviously very disturbing video to watch. there are still so many unanswered questions. the central question at the heart of all of this and all people watching is was this amount of force actually necessary, especially with three law enforcement officers there. so that state investigation will play out. the results of that will be turned over to the prosecuting attorney and they w