Video shared on social media shows actress Jodie Sweetin being thrown to the ground by several Los Angeles Police Department officers in full tactical gear during an abortion rights protest in LA on Saturday.
The LAPD issued a statement in response to the incident and the reaction to it.
"The force used will be evaluated against the LAPD's policy and procedure. As the nation continues to wrestle with the latest Supreme Court decision, the Los Angeles Police Department will continue to facilitate 1st Amendment rights, while protecting life and property."on his own Instagram page"That’s my friend @JodieSweetin - who many of you know from Full House - being assaulted by the LAPD," King said in his post.
A reporter from LA Taco, a platform covering food and culture, tweeted on Friday that he was assaulted by a group of officers, claiming they shoved him and jabbed another reporter in the stomach with a baton, despite the two idenifying themselves as press.
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