CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – New video showing a Clovis Police officer punching a suspect during an arrest is surfacing on social media.
“They over there fighting. Why are they punching him?,” can be heard in a video taken by Dazhane Henry of the incident.
The video shows multiple officers on top of a man near Gettysburg and Peach avenues. One of the officers delivers several punches to the man while three other officers hold him down to the ground.
Clovis Police spokesperson Jim Munro said while the video may look disturbing the actions taken were not against department protocol.
“It is important for the public to know we are dealing with a gentleman who is a violent felon, who is on probation for assaulting police officers,” said Munro. “Almost every time we contact him he fights with us and we had one officer out there with him doing the best he could to control him. So like I said, use of force never looks good when we have to use it, but unfortunately yesterday it was necessary and did eventually get this guy into custody.”
Munro said on Tuesday the suspect, John Bartram who is in his 50s, was walking through the intersection and appeared to be on drugs.
Munro said Bartram took off running, the officer chased him to the 7-Eleven and back to the intersection.
“A fight ensued,” said Munro. “The gentleman was resisting. Our officer got back up and attempted to tase the suspect. The taser was ineffective. The gentleman was trying to move the taser prongs from his body.”
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