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SAN JOSE, Calif. — A cellphone video that shows police officers repeatedly hitting an unarmed university student with batons and using a Taser gun has prompted a criminal investigation, a police spokesman said.
The video, posted by the San Jose Mercury News on its website late Saturday, shows one officer hitting 20-year-old Vietnamese student Phuong Ho with a metal baton more than 10 times. Another officer is seen using his Taser on the San Jose State University math major.
The final baton strike in last month’s incident appears to take place after handcuffs have been attached to Ho’s wrists.
Officers arrested Ho on suspicion of assaulting one of his roommates. He told the newspaper that he didn’t resist arrest.
