SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A video circulating around social media shows Liverpool police officers tackling a man as they arrested him on Wednesday night.
Liverpool police chief Gerald Unger told the press that 20-year-old La’Seir Graves “became physically combative” as officers arrested him for giving police a fake ID.
The video shows three officers holding Graves to the floor of a porch. One of them punches him several times. Another officer closes the door, blocking the view of the person recording the video on her phone. Another video from the same person shows officers detaining Graves outside and ordering the person to back up as she asked for their badge numbers. A third video shows some officers giving her their badge numbers…