An officer in Arkansas has been fired after he was seen on video physically assaulting a man handcuffed in the back of a patrol vehicle.
In the video, the detainee repeatedly mentions he had fentanyl in his system and that he needed to go back to the hospital.
He is then seen wriggling around to get the seatbelt around his neck, seemingly trying to strangle himself before Harris stops the vehicle, opens the door and begins punching and elbowing the man in the head.
The seatbelt is then removed from the detainee’s neck before he appears to go limp and unresponsive.
Another officer asks the man twice if he’s OK before Harris wakes him up with a baton and shuts the door with the detainee’s head in between the door and the seat.
The FBI Little Rock division released the following statement to The National Desk:
“The FBI is aware of the incident, but per longstanding DOJ policy, we can neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation.”
Via ABC 45