A video has emerged on social media that shows Hennepin County Sheriff’s deputies striking a man in the face during an arrest in south Minneapolis last month.
The video, shared on Facebook by De Sota Gurley on Monday, shows two deputies on top of a man while one of them attempts to handcuff or zip-tie his wrists. It appears the incident happened near the intersection of 22nd Avenue South and Franklin Avenue East.
As the man yells, including asking police to call his wife, the deputy nearest to the camera strikes him four times in the head area as he tries to get the cuffs on. Then, the second deputy appears to inflict a much more forceful blow to the back of the head…