Houston, Texas
Community activist Quanell X said he will release a surveillance video later today showing a handcuffed man being struck three times including once with a baton by a Houston police officer who then threw the man to the ground.
The activist said the tape reinforces what he says is a culture of excessive force within the Houston Police Department.
"You'll see a young African-American male not resisting, not threatening, not fighting, handcuffed," Quanell X said. "And you will see him struck by this officer three times, and one time with his baton while he's on the ground. He's not resisting or anything like that and he's handcuffed."
The man was charged with resisting arrest and another charge, which the activist said were both dismissed after prosecutors saw the video. Quanell X said the man in the video had no previous criminal records.
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