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| Arizona police officer investigated for hitting woman in face during arrest | Arizona police officer investigated for hitting woman in face during arrest |
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| Arizona police said an officer is being investigated after video surfaced that shows him striking a woman in the face during an arrest. | Arizona police said an officer is being investigated after video surfaced that shows him striking a woman in the face during an arrest. |
| Flagstaff police said in a news release that officer Jeff Bonar has been placed on leave pending the investigation. | |
| “Our agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,” they said. | “Our agency is very concerned by what is depicted in this video,” they said. |
| Police said the incident occurred on Wednesday as officers arrested a “somewhat uncooperative” woman. | |
| Video apparently shot by an onlooker and posted on Facebook shows her struggling with two officers. | Video apparently shot by an onlooker and posted on Facebook shows her struggling with two officers. |
| At one point one of the men strikes or punches her in the mouth area. She is eventually placed in a squad car. | At one point one of the men strikes or punches her in the mouth area. She is eventually placed in a squad car. |
| There was no word on what prompted the arrest, but Arizona Republic reported that it spoke with a man who identified the woman as his girlfriend and that police indicated she faced an arrest warrant. | There was no word on what prompted the arrest, but Arizona Republic reported that it spoke with a man who identified the woman as his girlfriend and that police indicated she faced an arrest warrant. |