By Ruben Vives, Richard Winton and Libor Jany | LA Times
The Los Angeles Police Department released body cam video footage Thursday that showed an officer punching a handcuffed man during a confrontation over double parking in Watts on Sunday, just as another controversial use-of-force incident emerged.
The video was released as officials grappled with another episode that occurred hours later on Sunday in South L.A. in which an LAPD officer was captured on video using an apparent chokehold while trying to restrain a 17-year-old boy during an arrest. Both incidents are under investigation.
In the Watts case, video of the incident was originally captured on cellphone by a bystander. Brad Gage, an attorney for Alexander Donta Mitchell, 28, the man who says he was punched, said the officer’s actions left his client with a broken nose and jaw pain.
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