A Facebook video showing Iowa City Police Department officer Alirio Arcenas hitting Iowa City man Jonathan Kim repeatedly while arresting him on Tuesday, March 18, has raised questions throughout the community regarding the appropriate use of force by a police officer.
According to the criminal complaint, Arcenas was attempting to serve Kim with an arrest warrant when Kim tried to evade arrest and began swinging repeatedly at the officer. Kim was eventually arrested for assault and interference with official acts.
The video taken by Maui Hill begins after Arcenas started hitting Kim, striking him in the torso and head repeatedly before eventually turning him on his stomach and handcuffing him…