The video is below (warning: disturbing and violent images).
The incident occurred shortly after 3 am on June 15, when Castellani had been ejected from the Tropicana casino for reasons that remain uncertain. A local TV news report said he was kicked out for being underage.
One of the officers involved in the savage beating has faced accusations of excessive force at least three times before.
The video shows officers tackling Castellani then striking him with batons and their knees. About a minute into the beating, a police K-9 vehicle shows up and the cops release an attack dog on the fallen Castellani. The dog bites him and drags him to a curb.
?He told me he kept screaming, ?I?m not resisting, I?m not resisting,?? his father, David Castellani, an attorney, told the local paper. He also said that the attack permanently injured his son, who suffered nerve damage and a degree of paralysis from the dog bite.
His mother, Terri Castellani, said her son needed 200 stitches for lacerations resulting from the attack.
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The incident occurred shortly after 3 am on June 15, when Castellani had been ejected from the Tropicana casino for reasons that remain uncertain. A local TV news report said he was kicked out for being underage.
One of the officers involved in the savage beating has faced accusations of excessive force at least three times before.
The video shows officers tackling Castellani then striking him with batons and their knees. About a minute into the beating, a police K-9 vehicle shows up and the cops release an attack dog on the fallen Castellani. The dog bites him and drags him to a curb.
?He told me he kept screaming, ?I?m not resisting, I?m not resisting,?? his father, David Castellani, an attorney, told the local paper. He also said that the attack permanently injured his son, who suffered nerve damage and a degree of paralysis from the dog bite.
His mother, Terri Castellani, said her son needed 200 stitches for lacerations resulting from the attack.
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