Staff Reporter of The Daily Voice ( http://thedailyvoice.com)
Police in Philadelphia are facing questions about abuse and misconduct after the violent arrest of three suspects Monday night that was caught on camera.
Philadelphia's Fox 29 television news cameras caught the confrontation from a helicopter Monday evening after police apprehended three men who had allegedly fled a shooting.
The video shows the police following the suspects' vehicle, which was later blocked in, forcing the car to slow down and stop. More than a dozen officers then surrounded the car, pulled out the suspects, dragged them to the ground and began beating them, according to the video.
Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey admitted that the video did not look good, according to Fox 29. "We do not resort to the kind of behavior that you saw on that tape. We are not going to rush to judgment," Ramsey said.
But Mayor Michael Nutter took a different approach. "You have to take this in the context of the environment of what were operating," he told the news media. A police officer, Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, was recently murdered in the city.
Two of the mothers of the men pulled from the car also complained about their treatment. "It makes no sense," said Leomia Dyches, one of the mothers. Nobody deserves to be beaten like that. They'll throw you in jail for treating a pit bull like that," she told the news.
Her son, Dwayne Dyches, was taken to Temple University hospital and "had a huge lump" on his forehead and was "semiconscious," according to his attorney.
Wain Bennett, an attorney in Philadelphia, described the video as "quite disturbing." In a blog entry posted on The Daily Voice, Bennett writes: "Once again some of our boys in blue acted like the gangsters that they are supposed to be protecting us from."
The three suspects are still in police custody facing charges of aggravated assault. The shooter is still at large, according to Fox 29. The police officers involved will reportedly be removed from duty on the street.
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