Footage shows the moment a Barstow Police officer beat an unarmed Black man with a baton during a recent arrest.
Barstow PD spoke out on Friday arrest and identified the man as 43-year-old, Gary Christian. “Christian refused to comply with the officer’s orders and physically assaulted the officer; The officer immediately deployed his taser which was ineffective. Christian then physically assaulted the officer a second time causing the officer to deploy his baton, the officer struck Christian with his baton while attempting to arrest him. Additional officers arrived at the scene and were able to take Christian into custody without further incident,” Barstow PD wrote in a statement.
According to Foxla, Christian was transported to the Barstow Community Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries. “The Barstow Police Department is aware that a resident captured a portion of this incident on video, The department has a copy of that video and would like the community to know that a comprehensive administrative investigation will be conducted into this incident to determine if the force used by the officer was within Barstow Police Department policy and current law,”the statement continued.
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