{"id":15101,"date":"2016-11-17T10:16:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T10:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=15101"},"modified":"2016-11-17T10:20:11","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T10:20:11","slug":"ariz-police-officer-placed-leave-violent-video-surfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/ariz-police-officer-placed-leave-violent-video-surfaces.html","title":{"rendered":"Ariz. police officer placed on leave after violent video surfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Ariz. police officer placed on leave after violent video surfaces<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">PHOENIX \u2014 A Flagstaff police officer has been placed on administrative leave after a video showing him punching a woman in the face surfaced Wednesday on Facebook, according to a police spokesman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Flagstaff Police Department &#8220;became aware&#8221; of the video, which shows Officer Jeff Bonar striking the woman during a Wednesday afternoon arrest, about 7:30 p.m. MT, police Sgt. Cory Runge said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Our agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,&#8221; Runge said. &#8220;We are immediately initiating an internal investigation into this incident.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Flagstaff resident Jimmy Sedillo identified the woman in the video as his girlfriend when contacted by The Arizona Republic. He said the pair had received an eviction notice the previous week, and Wednesday was their deadline to leave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He said officials, including Bonar, came to watch the couple leave and lock up the house. But when Bonar saw Sedillo&#8217;s girlfriend walk out of the house, he identified her as having a warrant out for her arrest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cShe had a warrant a few weeks ago,\u201d Sedillo said. \u201cHe still assumed she had a warrant.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sedillo said he and his 3- and 9-year-old children, mother, niece and brother-in-law watched his girlfriend get hit and tackled. His brother-in-law, Danny Paredes, shot the video shared on Facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIt was just shocking,\u201d Paredes said. \u201cI pulled out my camera immediately.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The video later shows an official who appears to be from the Coconino County Sheriff&#8217;s Office helping Bonar hold the woman down and arrest her as she cries, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t do anything, I didn&#8217;t do anything.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Flagstaff police said they would release further details &#8220;as the investigation progresses.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Source:http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation-now\/2016\/11\/17\/ariz-police-officer-placed-leave-after-violent-video-surfaces\/94009190\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/ariz-police-officer-placed-leave-violent-video-surfaces.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariz. police officer placed on leave after violent video surfaces PHOENIX \u2014 A Flagstaff police officer has been placed on administrative leave after a video showing him punching a woman in the face surfaced Wednesday on Facebook, according to a police spokesman. 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