A recently published video captured by a driver shows a white CHP officer chasing a black woman who was walking on the eastbound 10 Freeway near the La Brea onramp, tackling her on the ground, and beginning to punch her repeatedly in the face.
"It's just another episode in the fabulous LAPD [Los Angeles Police Department] history of violence and what we call the 'blue line' where the police departments protect those that are even criminals within their own organization," said Tighe Barry, an activist with CODEPINK, a peace and social justice movement dedicated to ending US-funded wars and occupations.
"They show no respect for a woman, they will beat a woman, they will kill men and sometimes kill women," he added.
"It's just another depiction of another event that will go down in LAPD history as being just the norm," Barry told Press TV in a phone interview on Saturday.
According to the CHP, the officer asked the woman to stop but she refused and continued walking away from the white cop at which point the cop started to chase her and beat her viciously.
David Diaz, who captured the violent scene on his cellphone, says he has no idea what spurred the cruel beating, adding that "it's obviously excess force."
I am stunned - and given the amount of brutality you can find around everywhere these days, that's saying something. I will personally be watching this case. This guy is a monster - he should never be allowed to hold a position of public office or any job that grants any kind of authority or possesses any kind of weapon for force.
He should also be tried and put in jail if found guilty.