Violent Footage Shows White Cop Kneeing and Punching Asian Man Seconds After Pulling Him Over
In graphic police dashcam video of a July 2016 traffic stop in Worthington, MN, obtained and released by the ACLU of Minnesota on Thursday, a white officer can be seen kneeing and punching Anthony Promvongsa, a Laotian-American man, moments after pulling him over.
In the video, the officer—identified as Buffalo Ridge Drug Task Force Agent Joe Joswiak—can be seen running from his vehicle, gun drawn, yelling, “Get the fuck out of the car motherfucker!” within seconds of parking. “Show me your fucking hands!” he shouts before swinging open Promvongsa’s car door, violently attempting to pull him out of the driver’s seat.
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“Get the fuck out of the car,” Joswiak can be heard yelling as he knees Promvongsa in the driver’s seat at least three times. After pulling Promvongsa out of his car, another officer depicted in the footage—identified by NBC News as Worthington Police Sgt. Tim Gaul—appears to cut the audio from the dashcam as Joswiak begins to punch him repeatedly.
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