A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy is under investigation after amatuer video was released showing him punch a special-needs woman in the face on a Bellflower bus.
Jermaine Green, the man who recorded the video, has also told NBC LA, that the cop also threatened him with arrest if he didn't hand over the cell phone that contained the incriminating video.
It appears that a fight broke out between the cop and the woman, after he boarded the bus with another deputy. The woman is reported to have been argumentative with the deputies, including cursing at them, before she was assaulted.
A spokesperson for the LA County Sheriff's Department told the LA Weekly that the deputies had confronted the woman after receiving reports that she had physically attacked a senior citizen.
The woman, whose name is not being released, has a history of exhibiting violent behavior, including a previous arrest for assaulting a police officer.
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