12:53 PM PT — The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a news release Friday the use-of-force incident is under investigation. Officials said deputies were responding to multiple reports of a man walking in traffic and making obscene gestures at drivers Thursday night. The suspect, identified as Le Chau , allegedly began fighting with the female deputy who was first to arrive and who tried to handcuff the man. The fight went to the ground, and a second arriving deputy helped detain the suspect … who allegedly ignored requests to stop resisting and fighting, resulting in the strikes to his head.
Chau was handcuffed and then treated at a hospital. When he was later booked for resisting an officer with force or violence, battery on a police officer, and disturbing the peace by intoxication, officials say, he again “initiated a physical confrontation” with deputies, resulting in more charges. The Sheriff’s Office says Chau has been arrested more than 20 times since 2014, with multiple convictions for resisting an officer…