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- Incident filmed by a TV helicopter
- Officers responding to reports of a shooting nearby
- City's police commissioner: "It certainly does not look good"
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Three suspects were dragged from their car and beaten by a group of Philadelphia police officers in an incident captured on camera.
The officers were responding to a report of a shooting nearby. The suspects will be charged with participation in the suspected shooting that injured 3 people before the incident.
The Philadelphia police force is said to be on edge after an officer was killed in a bank robbery two days before the beatings. He was the third to be killed on duty in Philadelphia in the last two years.
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The Assault
- All 4 doors pulled open
- 3 suspects pulled from car
- Surrounded by three to five officers two of the men are held to the ground
- As officers try to handcuff the driver, he is kicked 13 times and punched several times
- The passenger kicked by a group of four officers and struck with a baton
- A canine officer restrains a police dog nearby
- The beating lasts around two minutes
