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Cop Stomp Video 'Worse Than Rodney King'

Philly officers ordered off streets amid furor

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted May 9, 2008 8:22 AM CDT

(Newser) – Authorities have ordered 13 Philadelphia police officers involved in the videotaped beating of three black suspects off the streets, AP reports. The video shows the suspects being kicked, punched, and hit with nightsticks while appearing to offer no resistance. Rev. Al Sharpton compared the incident with the videotaped beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles.

"I've not seen anything like that since Rodney King, and it's worse than Rodney King, and we cannot allow our community to be under siege," said Sharpton. "We've got to stop this nonsense in our community, acting like you got to be a certain level black to be treated within the law."

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This image made from television and released by WTXF-TV Fox Philadelphia shows police officers kicking and beating suspects pulled from a car during a traffic stop. (AP Photo)

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Officers from the Philadelphia Police Department, including Commissioner Charles Ramsey, march in formation to a viewing for slain Philadelphia police officer Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

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Cop Stomp Video 'Worse Than Rodney King'