Update: Tuesday, 9:10 p.m. -- The Michigan State Police will conduct a probe into the matter. Mayor Mike Duggan issued a statement:
After watching the video of the incident involving a suspect and officers from the ACTION Task Force, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan reached out to Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. Prosecutor Worthy has asked that the matter be handled by an independent investigation by the Michigan State Police. The prosecutor has indicated that she will be actively monitoring the investigation. The Detroit Police Department will cooperate fully with the Michigan State Police investigation.
Update, Tuesday, 4:45 p.m.: The Detroit Police Department is investigating the matter, WDIV reports.
Did police act properly when they beat on a suspected carjacker after he was handcuffed?
George Hunter of The Detroit News reports that the Grosse Pointe Park police chief on Tuesday defended officers from a multi-agency task force who are videotaped by citizen hitting and kicking a man suspected of carjacking a woman and her daughter at gunpoint in Northwest Detroit. He then lead police on a quarter-mile foot chase.
The incident happened around McNichols and Evergreen on Monday around 11 a.m.. The task force is paid for by a Grosse Pointe Park Police grant, The News reports.
Grosse Pointe Park Public Safety Director David Hiller said his initial investigation indicates the officers were justified, because he said the suspect was going for his gun.At about the 23-second mark of the 9-minute-and-30-second video, one officer swings at the man seven times while the other officer delivers two kicks.
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