Video shows Albuquerque officer kicking suspect; 2 officers fired
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A parking garage surveillance video shows a former Albuquerque police officer kicking a suspected car thief several times while another officer holds him down.
After the beating, the video taken Feb. 13 appears to shows the officers giving each other belly bumps.
The video of former officer John Doyle kicking suspect Nicholas Blume while former officer Robert Woolever holds the man down came after a public records request from an Albuquerque newspaper.
Officials reported that Doyle and Wollever were fired from APD Wednesday afternoon.
This incident comes after the Albuquerque Police Department faces heat for 20 officer-involved shootings and amid calls for a Justice Department probe.
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