"Four Philadelphia police officers are on desk duty after savagely beating 18-year-old Marcus Warryton last week. The incident took place when Warryton was stopped for allegedly running a stop sign, NBC 10 Philadelphia reports. The violent arrest was captured on cellphone video.In the video, two police officers have Warryton pressed against a police vehicle. Warryton seems to be struggling with the two cops in the video. One of them hits Warryton with his hand. Soon after, two other cops come to their aide and began beating Warryton. Several baton shots sent Warryton to the ground. But the officers, who were in full control of the situation at this point, continued to beat on the 18-year-old.
This was clearly a case of police brutality. But Philly’s top cop, who is black, doesn’t agree.
“I think the video clearly shows he was resisting arrest,” said Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey.Commissioner Ramsey claims he’s reviewed two different cell phone videos of the incident.“Our officers have the ability and the right to use force to overcome that,” said Commissioner Ramsey. ”The question is always how much is too much.”_NewsOne
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