La. police officer fired amid brutality allegations
Video of the incident from You Tube.
An officer for the Shreveport, La., Police Department was fired Tuesday after an alleged police brutality incident involving Angela Garbarino of Shreveport.
According to a Shreveport television station, Garbarino and the arresting officer were video taped inside an interrogation room in a heated exchange before the tape was turned off. When the tape resumed, Garbarino, handcuffed, is seen lying in a pool of blood on the floor.
Garbarino says she was beaten by the officer; the officer said she simply fell.
Garbarino can be heard saying: “I can’t believe you just did what you just did,” according to the television station.
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UPDATE: The FBI is now involved.