Police use unnecessary force after arrest initiated for jaywalkin

This is a pretty troubling police video down in Champaign, IL. A young man is stopped and arrested. The original offense seems to have been jaywalking. The man refuses, while in handcuffs to produce his I.D. Again, he is already in handcuffs, and is in the back of a police...

Police use unnecessary force after arrest initiated for jaywalkin

This is a pretty troubling police video down in Champaign, IL. A young man is stopped and arrested. The original offense seems to have been jaywalking. The man refuses, while in handcuffs to produce his I.D. Again, he is already in handcuffs, and is in the back of a police...

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