Seattle officer seen hitting man with baton in video disciplined

Seattle officer seen hitting man with baton in video disciplined

OPA investigated after a video posted on social media showed a 40-second clip of officers beating a man on a Seattle sidewalk in May 2024.

Bodycam video of viral police beating shows officers instantly escalate

The Seattle Police Department made national headlines last year when two of its officers were caught on camera punching, kneeing, and hitting a man with a baton at a bus shelter in South Seattle. The video, shot by a rider on a passing bus, captured only part of the incident, but DivestSPD recently obtained the officers’ bodyworn video showing how it all started.Officers were dispatched to a disturbance at a house near the bus shelter. According…