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The handcuffed black teenager, Donovan Jackson, recoils as he is struck by a policeman in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood on Saturday in this video image.
Police Officer Jeremy Morse, a three-year police veteran, was relieved of duty and placed on administrative leave following the arrest of 16-year-old Donovan Jackson, police Lt. Eve R. Irvine said on Monday. The youth, whose right eye was red and swollen and who had a mark across his neck, said nothing else. The police and sheriff's departments began separate internal investigations. The district attorney's office was also investigating, a spokeswoman, Sandi Gibbons, said. ``What occurred within the video is extremely disturbing to the Inglewood Police Department and to the administrators of the city,'' she said. The videotape was taken by a tourist on Saturday at a motel across the street from the gas station where the arrest took place. It shows the teenager hoisted to his feet by Mr. Morse and slammed onto the trunk of a police car. The officer put a hand on the back of the teenager's neck, slugged him with his other hand and then appeared to choke him. Two officers appeared to intervene, with at least one trying to pull away the first officer's arm. The Sheriff's spokesman, Sgt. Richard Myers, said the teenager became ``combative'' and was subdued with force and taken into custody. Jackson was booked for assault on a police officer. Roosevelt F. Dorn, Mayor of the city of 115,000 in southwestern Los Angeles county, called the tape disturbing and pledged a thorough investigation. What happened before the camera began taping was unclear. The Inglewood officers were assisting two Los Angeles county sheriff's deputies who were investigating a car driven by Jackson's father that had an expired registration. Lt. Irvine said Jackson lunged at a sheriff's deputy, provoking the altercation. The videotape showed a bloody gash over Mr. Morse's left ear. Lt. Irvine said the officer also had lacerations on his elbow and knee. He was treated at a hospital and discharged. — AP
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