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April 23, 2015

Video: U.S. Marshal Smashes Woman's Phone as She Films Police 
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A deputy U.S. marshal is facing an investigation after he was caught on
video smashing the cellphone of a woman who was trying to film police
activity. A bystander's video from the incident Sunday in South Gate,
California, shows the marshal grabbing the cellphone out of Beatriz
Paez's hand as she tries to film, then throwing it to the ground and
kicking it. Paez displayed her smashed phone as she spoke to local ABC 7
news.

Beatriz Paez: "He threw everything on the ground and smashed it with his
foot. He stomped on it, and he kicked it."

 

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