Video shows Central Texas sheriff's deputy punching teen during traffic stop

[TexasTowelie]

Law enforcement officials are investigating after a video posted to Twitter shows a Lampasas County Sheriff's Deputy punching a young man in the face at least four times during a traffic stop early Thursday.

The sheriff's deputies were assisting Lampasas police about 3:15 a.m. on a call about an erratic driver on U.S. Highway 281, the Lampasas Dispatch Record reported.

Lampasas is a Central Texas city about 55 miles west of Temple.

A sheriff's deputy is seen in the video straddling Quinton Eldridge Cruce, 18, and hitting him while an officer tries to hold his legs, the paper reported.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2017/05/25/video-shows-central-texas-sheriffs-deputy-punching-teen-traffic-stop

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