Two Los Angeles police officers punched and choked a man last month while he was handcuffed, after the man spat at an officer, according to newly released body-worn camera footage from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
On April 27, Los Angeles police responded to the 200 block of West 105th Street in South L.A. for a report of an assault with a deadly weapon, following a 911 caller’s allegation that Dominique Langlois assaulted another tenant living in a “transitional housing” residence.
The caller said that Langlois refused to leave the property and another tenant saw him go to the kitchen, making them “a little frightened that he might have picked up a kitchen knife or something like that,” the caller told the person on the other line.
A person who described themselves as the manager of the residence also called LAPD to report the incident and said that another tenant saw Langlois fetch a knife from the kitchen.
Police responded to the residence and made contact with Langlois in a second story master bedroom. After handcuffing Langlois and bringing him to his feet, Langlois “spat at” one of the more than half a dozen of officers standing around the room.