Harrowing footage of a drug task force officer drawing his gun and viciously attacking a motorist has been released by the ACLU of Minnesota.
In the video, the plainclothes officer charges toward the car shouting profanities and then punches and knees the driver several times as a uniformed officer watches on.The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota is speaking with the counsel of the motorist, Worthington resident Anthony Promvongsa, 22, in connection with the July 2016 police assault.
In the video released Thursday, an officer with the Buffalo Ridge Drug Task Force, Joe Joswiak, and a Worthington police officer instructs Promvongsa to pull his car over.
Promvongsa still had his seat belt fastened when Joswiak opens the door and proceeds to punch, pull and elbow the driver, according to the ACLU.
In the video, the plainclothes officer charges toward the car shouting profanities and then punches and knees the driver several times as a uniformed officer watches on.The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota is speaking with the counsel of the motorist, Worthington resident Anthony Promvongsa, 22, in connection with the July 2016 police assault.
In the video released Thursday, an officer with the Buffalo Ridge Drug Task Force, Joe Joswiak, and a Worthington police officer instructs Promvongsa to pull his car over.
Promvongsa still had his seat belt fastened when Joswiak opens the door and proceeds to punch, pull and elbow the driver, according to the ACLU.
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