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August 13, 2018

Baltimore Police Officer Resigns After Videotaped Repeatedly Punching Man
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A Baltimore police officer has resigned after a video went viral showing
him repeatedly punching a man in the face before taking him to the
ground and continuing to beat him. Officer Arthur Williams was initially
suspended from the force but then resigned on Sunday. The victim of the
police beating, Dashawn Mc Grier, was taken to the hospital for possible
fractures of the jaw, nose and ribs. Mc Grier's attorney Warren Brown
said, "It seems like this officer had just decided that Dashawn was
going to be his punching bag. And this was a brutal attack that was
degrading and demeaning to my client, to that community, and to the
police department." Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh describe the video as
"very disturbing." Black Lives Matter activist Deray Mc Kesson tweeted,
"And this is why folks don't have any faith in the police."


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