New videos further roil S.C. patrol (Police misbehaving)

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By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press Writer via Yahoo

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A state trooper is seen kicking a suspect in the head multiple times after a high-speed interstate chase in the latest in a string of alarming Highway Patrol videos.

In two other videos, a trooper punches a suspect several times in the face after a pursuit and a different officer appears to hit a suspect with the barrel of a shotgun during a traffic stop.

The Department of Public Safety released the videos, recorded in 2006, on Monday following media requests. They are the latest to surface showing troopers acting aggressively toward suspects.

Highway Patrol Col. Russell Roark and his boss, Public Safety Director James Schweitzer, resigned this year after a video surfaced showing a trooper use a racial epithet while chasing a black suspect.


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080401/ap_on_re_us/trooper_aggression_videos_2;_ylt=Au8qOxPi86wdEYtjcY6Ag3YE1vAI

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1. Big surprise there