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A tense standoff on an Ohio bridge turned violent as video captured a police officer repeatedly punching an anti-ICE protester throughout a protest that introduced site visitors to a halt.
The demonstration, which was on the Roebling Bridge between Cincinnati and Covington, referred to as for the discharge of a detained former hospital chaplain. The protest drew some 100 individuals. Authorities say no less than 15 individuals had been arrested on felony rioting and varied misdemeanor prices.
Ohio police brutally beat peaceable protesters—holding a vigil for chaplain at Cincinnati Kids’s Hospital who ICE arrested.
A reporter was additionally taken away—charged with felony rioting in first diploma.
A black SUV then drove into the group—with individuals in yellow security vests… pic.twitter.com/jh4Ewi5lRT
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The viral video exhibits a protester carrying a crimson Cincinnati Reds cap being tackled and struck within the head a number of instances whereas pinned to the bottom. Police say the man tried to seize a pepper ball gun from an officer, however he denies that declare, telling WCPO he was merely reacting to having a weapon pointed at him.
Officers additionally forcibly eliminated a number of different demonstrators in the course of the bridge clearing, which concerned round 50 cops.
Covington Police Chief Brian Valenti mentioned the officer who punched the man feared he was reaching for a weapon and was trying to stop a fall into the Ohio River.
No weapons had been discovered on any of the protesters. The officer concerned has been positioned on paid administrative obligation pending an investigation.
