{"id":45179,"date":"2020-09-13T17:32:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T17:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freshestfm.com\/man-using-ride-sharing-service-attacked-by-police-and-beaten-unconscious\/"},"modified":"2020-09-13T17:32:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T17:32:48","slug":"man-using-ride-sharing-service-attacked-by-police-and-beaten-unconscious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshestfm.com\/man-using-ride-sharing-service-attacked-by-police-and-beaten-unconscious\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Using Ride-Sharing Service Attacked by Police and Beaten Unconscious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In yet another case of filmed police brutality against Black citizens, a video of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/police-brutality\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">police beating<\/a> a ride-sharing passenger unconscious has surfaced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clayton County Sheriff&#8217;s Office in Georgia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sheriffs-office-launches-investigation-after-video-cops-tackling-man-1531514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">launched an investigation<\/a> on Friday into a viral video that shows two officers attacking a\u00a0Black man who was reportedly a passenger in an ordered\u00a0vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>An Instagram post from a person claiming to be the victim&#8217;s cousin claims that the car\u00a0was stopped for having a broken tail light. The police then asked the man and his girlfriend to exit the vehicle before a struggle ensued. In the video, viewers can see the police beating the man, pinning him to the ground, and choking him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So this happened today to my cousin the was in lyft or wateva and the man tail light was out the police stopped them the man didn\u2019t have his License,&#8221; the user wrote. &#8220;my cousin and his girl was in the car they ask him for his he said y are yal asking me for mines I\u2019m not driving they told him to get out the car and this what happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the man is on the pavement, you can hear him scream &#8220;I&#8217;m gonna die!&#8221; and &#8220;I can&#8217;t breathe.&#8221; There was also a young child who appears to have been related to the man watching the police render him\u00a0unconscious.\u00a0The\u00a0Clayton County Sheriff&#8217;s Office now claims that it is looking into the incident.<\/p>\n<section class=\"suitcase-ad\"\/>\n<p>&#8220;After being made aware of a video posted on social media involving a Deputy using physical force on a man, Sheriff Victor Hill ordered his entire Internal Affairs Unit to come in and begin an investigation that has been ongoing since 8pm,&#8221; the\u00a0Clayton County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/09\/12\/georgia-cops-beat-smother-black-lyft-passenger-who-did-not-show-id\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told\u00a0<em>TMZ<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em> &#8220;The Sheriff has ordered that the Deputy involved be placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Initially, it was reported that the man was in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/lyft\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lyft vehicle<\/a>.\u00a0But, the company released a statement on Saturday explaining\u00a0that the man was not using their ride-sharing service\u00a0when he was attacked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Understandably, there was a wave of outrage caused by this incident. 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