Police repeatedly punch man & smash his head off sidewalk during arrest
‘Three investigations are underway after footage showing undercover and uniformed officers savagely beating a man who allegedly attempted to help them carry out an arrest was posted online.
“It’s not a professional representation of a police officer for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police,” Elizabeth Pittinger of the Citizen Police Review Board said of the incident, particularly the foul language used by the officers, according to CBS. “It should not be tolerated.”
“Whether or not the use of force was reasonable, appropriate and necessary will be determined by other facts from witness accounts and other sources of information,” Pittinger said.
At approximately 10:45pm local time, police were in the process of arresting David Jones who was wanted for forgery when Daniel Adelman, 47, says he attempted to intervene and assist the officers.’
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