A San Bernardino police officer was captured on video using a baton to repeatedly hit a man during an arrest.
"I had four fractures in my left leg, and one fracture in my right leg," said Billy Hill at a news conference he attended with his attorneys. "It's the worst pain. I mean, on a scale of 1 to 10, it's a 20."A man who was struck more than a dozen times by a San Bernardino police officer with a baton has filed a claim against the city, alleging excessive use of force by the officer.
The incident happened on June 6 near the Kwik Stop Dairy on E. 40th Street in San Bernardino, where Hill was employed. "The officers first tried to simply place his hands behind his back in order to complete a basic handcuffing procedure," said Sgt. Chris Gray on a video posted on social media by the San Bernardino Police Department showing body camera footage.Gray said an officer attempted to use a Taser on the suspect but was unsuccessful. Gray said that after the suspect attempted to grab the Taser from the officer, an officer used the baton on the suspect to try to gain compliance.
Eyewitness News showed the videos to Dr. Tommy Tunson, a retired police chief from the Bakersfield area.
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