COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Two Missouri police officers are under investigation after a video was posted online showing one of them repeatedly punching a man who was pinned to the ground.
Columbia police Chief Geoff Jones said Monday that he asked the Boone County Sheriff’s Department to investigate his officers’ actions early Sunday morning.
The Columbia Police Department is also conducting an internal investigation.
The video clip is about 9 seconds. It shows a man being pinned to the ground by one officer.
A second officer punches the man in the face five times, causing the man to bleed.
Jones said “police use of force must be reasonable.”
