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   From: "@nyet.ca   
      
   California police 'pummelling' of woman is investigated   
      
      
      
   The California Highway Patrol says that it is investigating footage   
   posted on YouTube that shows a policeman repeatedly punching the face   
   and head of a prostrate woman.   
      
   Video shows him straddling the woman and hitting her at least 11 times.   
      
   Police say that the woman needed to be restrained and was endangering   
   herself and motorists by walking on a busy road in the west of Los Angeles.   
      
   The incident was recorded by passing motorist David Tiaz.   
      
   "{The policeman] just pounded her," he told CBS Los Angeles.   
      
   "If you look at the video, there are 15 hits. To the head, and not just   
   simple jabs. These are blows to the head. Blows. Really serious blows.   
   And this is ridiculous to me."   
      
   "I find it hard to believe there [was] no other remedy in this situation."   
      
   The officer involved in the incident is reported by the AP news agency   
   to be on administrative leave while it is being investigated. He has not   
   been identified.   
      
   The California Highway Patrol (CHP) says that it is looking into the   
   details of the incident, which has been condemned by civil rights leaders.   
      
   "As a matter of policy, every time there is a use of force by our   
   officers, there is a review conducted to determine whether the use of   
   force was appropriate," a CHP statement said.   
      
   "That will be done in this case. However, since there is an ongoing   
   investigation, it would be premature to comment on this specific video   
   segment without reviewing the entire incident."   
      
   When the video starts, the officer is seen trying to detain the   
   barefooted woman, who walks a few steps away from him.   
      
   But the officer is seen forcing her to the ground, briefly struggling   
   with her before repeatedly pummelling her. A few moments later, a   
   plainclothes officer enters the picture and helps his colleague put the   
   woman in handcuffs.   
      
   A CHP spokesperson was quoted by CBS Los Angeles on Friday as saying   
   that the agency was trying to bring Tuesday's incident "to a just   
   conclusion".   
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   http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28173984   
      
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