Four Mesa police officers are on administrative leave following an incident last month in which a suspect was punched several times and it was captured on video.
Police Chief Ramon Batista tells Phoenix TV station ABC15 he wasn’t notified of the May 23 incident until a week after it occurred and he then began an investigation.
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Officers responded to a domestic violence call at a Mesa apartment after a woman claimed her 20-year-old ex-boyfriend tried to break in.
Responding officers say they encountered two men leaving the area and told both to sit down, but only one complied.
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Apartment surveillance video shows officers punching that 33-year-old man several times before he was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and hindering prosecution.
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The younger man is accused of disorderly conduct-domestic violence.
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