The FBI has opened an investigation into video footage of a police officer repeatedly striking a suspect in the face during a struggle on a Hollywood street.
The officer and his partner described repeated blows to the suspect's face in their written arrest report, as well as efforts by the man to resist and their concern that the man might grab one of their guns, according to the document obtained by the media.
The footage, shot by an area resident, shows two officers holding down William Cardenas, 24, on a sidewalk as one punches him several times in the face before they are able to handcuff him. The struggling suspect yells repeatedly, "I can't breathe!"
The officers were identified as Alexander Schlegel and Patrick Farrell, and both have been reassigned to administrative work.
With video.
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