Televised Police Chase Ends With Officers Beating Suspect
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Police officers beat a suspect on television following a car chase through Massachusetts and New Hampshire on Wednesday.
As news helicopters circled overhead, the driver of the pickup truck involved in the pursuit opened the driver’s door and crawled onto his hands and knees in Hudson, New Hampshire. About eight officers closed in on him, some with their guns drawn, and at least two officers struck the man. One of the officers pummeled the man with repeated blows.
It wasn’t immediately clear which police departments were involved in the arrest.
The chase began when a suspect wanted on multiple warrants refused to stop for police in Holden, Massachusetts, near the state line, according to WCVB. From there, the chase wound through Concord, Littleton, Chelmsford, Billerica, Nashua, Hudson and several other towns.
“Now they’re incorporating the arrest,” a WFXT newscaster said as officers pounced on the man and the ariel camera pulled back. The station’s broadcaster didn’t appear to address the violence as it unfolded.
CBS Boston, which carried the footage, also used euphemisms to describe the action.
“Here’s the video as they approach him, and they take care of him when he gets outside the cab of that truck,” the CBS broadcaster says.
Other news footage captured about 30 seconds from the time the driver steps out of the truck.
“No details on what precipitated this,” a reporter says as the suspect stands with arms handcuffed behind his back. “But it was with great force that they get that guy on the ground.”