BRIDGETON, Mo. – The Bridgeton Police Department says it is reviewing an officer’s use of force during an arrest after a video of the encounter circulated on social media.
The video stems from an arrest around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 3500 block of Lindbergh Boulevard, according to a news release from the Bridgeton Police Department.
In the video, obtained in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report, it appears an officer rolled a handcuffed woman to the ground, threw a few punches at her, and held her down for about 40 seconds before other officers arrived and moved her to a patrol car…