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Man resisted arrest and punched the officer multiple times, cracking bones in the officer’s face and breaking his nose. In return, the officer, as seen in the video, struck him back and used a chemical agent to gain control.

His family was unaware of the encounter until we showed up at his home.

“In my opinion that was excessive force because he was already on the ground.. and he was already detained in handcuffs, so that was just too much for me to see right there. It’s one of those things you hear about but when you actually see it, you don’t know what to do,” said Shyanne Stevenson, who caught part of the encounter on camera.