14 DAY TRIAL // A brutal arrest in France is being investigated after a video of the incident made its way online and was viewed by 1.6 million people in two days.
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The clip is titled “Honte a la police francaise” or “Shame the French Police” and it has been uploaded by user Nasser tkt, who captured it from a balcony.
According to UPI, the arrest was made in the Tours suburb of Joue-les-Tours in central France. Officers pull a man over for driving under the influence of alcohol, but he proved uncooperative in submitting himself to relevant tests.
A female passenger confronts the officer and she is beaten with a baton. The policeman also grabs a can of tear gas from the squad car and sprays her in the face.
A second passenger was also sprayed and immobilized. Reports say that she bit the police officer beforehand.