Cops tackle black veteran during traffic stop — and now he’s charged with assault http://t.co/RKyR0VU9tp pic.twitter.com/Ar9Bq9Zxt5

— SPLC (@splcenter) April 10, 2015

“…Video recorded by a dashboard camera shows an officer opening the car door less than two seconds after his first attempt, and the 53-year-old Fitzgerald steps out of the vehicle while the officer keeps one hand on him.

What happens next is unclear, because some audio and images from the dashboard camera and six others at the scene are missing or still haven’t been collected by investigators.

Video shows an Orange County sheriff’s deputy throwing Fitzgerald onto the four-lane highway, but there is no audio during that segment due to what has been described as a malfunction.

The footage also partially shows Fitzgerald’s head repeatedly hitting the patrol car’s hood - but the deputy claims Fitzgerald intentionally did that to himself.”