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March 8, 2018

Asheville, NC: White Police Officer Resigns After Video Shows Him Beating Black Man
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In Asheville, North Carolina, a police officer has resigned, and the
city's police chief has offered to step down, amid mounting outrage over
the release of body camera video showing a white police officer beating
and tasering an African-American man who was stopped for jaywalking. The
video, from August 25, shows police officer Chris Hickman choking,
beating and tasering Johnnie Jermaine Rush, who repeatedly says, "I
can't breathe."


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