text: On the same day the Baltimore Police Department graduated the city’s future men and women in blue, the agency suspended an officer who was captured on video pummeling a man on the street. By the following day, the officer had resigned. 
   
   In the now-viral footage, the officer and the man, whom his lawyer identified as Dashawn McGrier, can be seen talking to each other. “Don’t touch me,” McGrier told the officer, who then repeatedly punched the man. The two ended up on nearby stair steps, where the officer continued beating McGrier. McGrier fell to the ground, and the officer stayed on top of him, appearing to restrain him. 
   
   Baltimore’s interim police commissioner, Gary Tuggle, immediately suspended the officer and ordered an investigation after the agency received videos of the confrontation. 
   
   “While I have an expectation that officers are out of their cars, on foot, and engaging with citizens, I expect that it will be done professionally and constitutionally. I have zero tolerance for behavior like I witnessed on the video today. Officers have a responsibility and duty to control their emotions in the most stressful of situations,” Tuggle said in a statement Saturday, just hours after he honored the city’s police academy graduates. 
   
   The Baltimore Police Department announced Sunday night in a tweet that Tuggle accepted the officer’s resignation. 
   
   UPDATE: 
   
   The officer involved in yesterday’s incident is no longer with the BPD. Interim Commissioner Tuggle has accepted his resignation. The second officer remains on administrative duties. This remains an active criminal investigation. — Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) August 13, 2018 
   
   The incident places fresh scrutiny on a department that is supposed to be overhauling its police practices and is dealing with a tumultuous year — one that has been marred by the forced departures of two commissioners and concerns that the agency’s recruits have been receiving badges and guns without an understanding of lawful police work. 
   
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   Dashawn McGrier suffered a broken jaw, nose and ribs, his attorney said. (Warren Brown) 
   
   The agency has been going through an overhaul after the Justice Department under President Barack Obama found that its officers engaged in widespread discrimination and unconstitutional policing policies that disproportionately affected African Americans. The city has agreed to a federal consent decree, which imposes rules on policing and requires monitoring of the agency’s activities. 
   
   The latest incident happened at about 11:45 a.m. Saturday, when two officers encountered McGrier in east Baltimore. The police department said that one of the officers is familiar with McGrier and that “the situation escalated” after McGrier refused to give officers identification. In the video, a second officer can be seen standing near McGrier while he is being punched. At one point, that officer, who has been placed on administrative duties while the investigation is ongoing, appeared to be trying to stop his colleague. 
   
   Baltimore police said the officer who struck McGrier had been with the department for just over a year. The agency has not released his name. But Baltimore defense lawyer Warren Brown, McGrier’s attorney, identified him as Arthur Williams and said the same officer arrested McGrier in June, when his client was charged with assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. A video of the June 26 encounter showed McGrier being held on the ground by the same officer, Brown said. 
   
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   Brown said that the Saturday encounter was a “follow-up” to the June incident and that the officer cornered McGrier and placed his hands on him “for no justifiable reason.” 
   
   “What went on out there yesterday was not professional; it’s personal,” Brown told The Washington Post on Sunday. “This is not police work. This is one guy beating up another guy.” 
   
   McGrier, who was not charged over the Saturday incident, remains in a hospital. Brown said McGrier’s jaw, ribs and nose were fractured and doctors had concerns about his ability to breathe. 
   
   Brown said he is confident that the officer will be charged. The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office is investigating the incident and has not commented. 
   
   Mayor Catherine E. Pugh (D) said she has seen the video and has “demanded answers and accountability.” 
   
   “We are working day and night to bring about a new era of community-based, constitutional policing and will not be deterred by this or any other instance that threatens our efforts to re-establish the trust of all citizens in the Baltimore Police Department,” Pugh said. 
   
   Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, called the incident “a flagrant violation” of the consent decree. 
   
   The city and the Justice Department reached the agreement after Freddie Gray died of injuries while in police custody in 2015. The consent decree, which is more than 200 pages, outlines rules on vehicle stops, searches, arrests and more. The department under Attorney General Jeff Sessions challenged the agreement, saying it had been rushed and would reduce the powers of the police department. But a federal judge in February approved the decree, citing the need to repair “the many fractures so poignantly revealed by the record.” 
   
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   The consent decree also required the creation of an independent team of experts to monitor the department’s compliance. That team, which is made up of experts on policing, civil rights enforcement and police reform, said in a statement that it has reviewed the video and will watch closely to see how the department “responds to and investigates this incident.” 
   
   The Baltimore police union did not return a call seeking comment Sunday. Lt. Gene Ryan, the union’s president, told the Baltimore Sun that “at first view” of the video, it showed “inexcusable behavior” on the officer’s part. But Ryan added that there might be more to the incident that he does not yet know. 
   
   The tumult comes a few months after former Baltimore police commissioner Darryl De Sousa resigned over accusations that he failed to file federal tax returns in 2013, 2014 and 2015. De Sousa replaced Kevin Davis, whom the mayor fired in January, citing the city’s record-setting homicide rate. 
   
   In February, while De Sousa was commissioner, a report raised questions about the qualification of Baltimore’s academy recruits. Sgt. Josh Rosenblatt, the academy’s head of legal instruction, told the Baltimore Sun that a third of recruits don’t have an understanding of the laws on constitutional policing, but the department gives them badges anyway. 
   
   Brown, McGrier’s defense attorney, said the beating “might be Exhibit 1 in that regard.” 
   
   “This officer is fresh out of the academy, which makes you wonder what are they teaching them there and what type of psychological screening they employ with these cadets,” Brown said. 
   
   A spokesman for the police department did not answer questions about the officer’s performance while in the academy. 
   
   The Baltimore Sun reported that the officer graduated from the academy in April. A video of a ceremony that month showed a graduate named Officer Arthur Williams receiving three top honors, including the Police Commissioner’s Award of Excellence and the Director’s Leadership Award. He also scored the highest, 94.88 percent, “in the categories of defense tactics, physical training and emergency vehicle operations,” according to the video. 
   
   Peter Hermann and Sari Horwitz contributed to this report. 
   
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   The officer responds by shoving the man backward against a brick wall. 
   
   "Don't touch me!" the man yells, slapping the cop's hand away. 
   
   Then the video gets really ugly. 
   
   The officer starts throwing punches and continues pummeling the man for the next 12 seconds, the bystander's video shows. 
   
   They both eventually fall to the ground, and the officer pins the man down with his arm across his neck. The man's blood starts pooling on the sidewalk. 
   
   What happened Saturday morning marks the latest controversial use of force against a black person by police. 
   
   The Baltimore officer who attacked the man is also black. So is another officer who witnessed the attack, but did little to intervene. 
   
   Interim Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle said he was "deeply disturbed" by the incident, and the officer seen throwing punches was quickly suspended. The Baltimore Department tweeted late Sunday that the officer resigned. 
   
   UPDATE: 
   
   The officer involved in yesterday's incident is no longer with the BPD. Interim Commissioner Tuggle has accepted his resignation. The second officer remains on administrative duties. This remains an active criminal investigation. — Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) August 13, 2018 
   
   The other officer has been placed on administrative duties pending the outcome of an investigation, Baltimore police said . The state attorney's office was also notified. 
   
   Statement from Interim @BaltimorePolice Commissioner Gary Tuggle on the viral video circulating online. https://t.co/3feuv9gU7E. pic.twitter.com/FJNlL8lzNj — T.J. Smith (@TJSmithMedia) August 11, 2018 
   
   Police have not identified either officer. 
   
   What led up to the attack 
   
   The incident began around 11:45 a.m. while officers were working on "a crime suppression detail related to crime in the area," Baltimore police spokesman T. J. Smith said. 
   
   "Two officers encountered a man, whom one of the officers is familiar with," police said. 
   
   "After the first encounter, officers released him and ... approached him again to provide him a citizen's contact sheet," police said. 
   
   Smith said officers are required to fill out a contact sheet any time they talk to a citizen in relation to any type of investigation, no matter how brief the encounter. 
   
   "When he was asked for his identification, the situation escalated when he refused," police said. 
   
   Police did not identify the man, but CNN affiliate WJZ identified him as Dashawn McGrier. 
   
   He was taken into custody and was also given medical treatment for his injuries, police said. He was not charged with any crimes and was released from custody, police said. 
   
   The man's attorney, Warren Brown, is planning to file a lawsuit, CNN affiliate WBAL reported. Brown has not responded to CNN's request for comment. 
   
   'Zero tolerance' for this behavior 
   
   Tuggle said he was appalled by the incident and has "zero tolerance for behavior like I witnessed on the video." 
   
   "Officers have a responsibility and duty to control their emotions in the most stressful of situations," the interim police commissioner said. 
   
   Baltimore is still dealing with the aftermath of the 2015 death of Freddie Gray, who died in custody a week after a police encounter 
   
   Days of peaceful protests devolved into riots, with assaults on police, looting, arson and the devastation of businesses. 
   
   Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh said in a tweet that the city is working hard to earn and maintain the trust of the public. She said she has demanded answers and accountability for what happened Saturday. 
   
   "We are working day and night to bring about a new era of community-based, Constitutional policing and will not be deterred by this or any other instance that threatens our efforts to reestablish trust of all citizens in the Baltimore Police Department," she said. ||||| Tweet with a location 
   
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   UPDATE: Baltimore officer from viral beating video resigns, police confirm » 
   
   Interim Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle said he was “deeply disturbed” by the video, and that the incident is under investigation. 
   
   “The officer involved has been suspended while we investigate the totality of this incident,” Tuggle said. “Part of our investigation will be reviewing body worn camera footage.” 
   
   Police said a second officer on the scene at the time of the incident was placed on administrative duties pending the outcome of the investigation. 
   
   Attorney Warren Brown, who is representing the man who was punched, identified his client as Dashawn McGrier, 26. Brown said McGrier was not being charged with a crime, but was taken to a hospital and was having X-rays taken of his jaw, nose and ribs late Saturday for suspected fractures from the altercation. 
   
   Brown said McGrier had a previous run-in with the same police officer — whom he identified as Officer Arthur Williams — in June that resulted in McGrier being charged with assaulting the officer, disorderly conduct, obstructing and hindering, and resisting arrest. Brown said that in that incident and in the one Saturday, McGrier was targeted without justification by the officer. 
   
   “It seems like this officer had just decided that Dashawn was going to be his punching bag,” Brown said. “And this was a brutal attack that was degrading and demeaning to my client, to that community, and to the police department.” 
   
   Williams could not be reached for comment. 
   
   Tuggle did not identify the officer or the man who was punched, but the department said the officer has been on the force for just over a year. 
   
   At Williams’ graduation from the police academy last year, he received awards for top performance, including for high marks in "defense tactics, physical training and emergency vehicle operations,” for his "academic achievement, professional attitude, appearance, ability to supervise,” and for his "tireless and unwavering dedication" and "outstanding leadership ability,” according to a video of the graduation ceremony. 
   
   The police department said the incident Saturday began after two officers stopped McGrier, let him go, then approached him again to give him a citizen contact sheet. 
   
   “When he was asked for his identification, the situation escalated when he refused,” the department said. “The police officer then struck the man several times.” 
   
   Brown said McGrier was sitting on steps when Williams passed by in his vehicle, then moments later was walking down the street when the officer, now on foot, told him to stop without giving him a reason. 
   
   “My client was saying, ‘What is this all about? You don’t even have probable cause,’ ” Brown said. That’s when Williams began shoving McGrier, Brown said. 
   
   Tuggle asked anyone who witnessed the incident to contact the Office of Professional Responsibility at 410-396-2300. 
   
   “While I have an expectation that officers are out of their cars, on foot, and engaging citizens, I expect that it will be done professionally and constitutionally,” he said. “I have zero tolerance for behavior like I witnessed on the video today. Officers have a responsibility and duty to control their emotions in the most stressful of situations.” 
   
   The incident occurred Saturday outside Q’s Bar and Liquors in the 2600 block of E. Monument St. in East Baltimore. 
   
   The video shows the officer pushing McGrier against a wall, with his hand on McGrier’s chest, and then McGrier pushing the officer’s hand off his chest. It is then that the officer starts swinging. 
   
   The officer throws repeated punches, shoves McGrier onto rowhouse steps and continues beating him until McGrier lands on the pavement. McGrier appears to be bleeding when he gets to the ground. 
   
   McGrier appears to try to deflect some of the officer’s punches but does not punch back. 
   
   A second officer, who the department did not identify, briefly places his hand on McGrier’s arm as McGrier tries to avoid the blows but does not appear to try to stop the first officer from throwing punches. 
   
   Shantel Allen, 28, who said she grew up with McGrier and considers him like a brother, called the escalation of the encounter by Williams shocking. 
   
   “I was speechless. I was enraged. I was hurt. I was shocked more than anything. That is really something you don’t expect,” she said. “I truly feel as though this officer needs to be dealt with in a very serious manner, so none of his fellow officers or anyone else in the criminal justice system feels like they can use this kind of force. 
   
   “This is a crime. You can’t just go around putting your hands on people,” she said. 
   
   Brown said Internal Affairs officers were at the hospital to speak with McGrier. Brown said he also had spoken with the office of Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. Mosby’s office did not respond to a request for comment. 
   
   The police department said Mosby’s office “provided information related to this case,” but did not explain what that meant. 
   
   Several men on Monument Street at the time — who asked not to be named, for fear of reprisal from the police for discussing the matter — said the officer who threw the punches knew McGrier from prior interactions, and that they believed he was targeting him. 
   
   They said the officer is young and had previously worked foot patrol along the corridor, but recently began working out of a car. 
   
   The men said the officer stopped McGrier on Saturday without good reason, which is why McGrier was talking back to the officer before the officer started throwing punches. 
   
   “He knows his rights, and he felt as though his rights were being violated, and he took offense to that,” one man said. 
   
   That the officer responded physically was completely out of line, and must result in serious consequences, the men said. 
   
   “We want justice. We don’t want things like that to happen. We want him to be held accountable, and not no paid suspension,” one man said. 
   
   Mayor Catherine Pugh echoed Tuggle in a statement late Saturday, in which she also called the encounter between the officer and McGrier “disturbing.” She said she was in touch with Tuggle and had “demanded answers and accountability.” ||||| ... 
   
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target: – An incident that "deeply disturbed" Baltimore's interim police commissioner has led to one police officer's resignation and another being put on administrative duty. CNN has bystander video of a man shouting at one officer as another stands nearby; the first starts throwing punches and 10 seconds later both men are on the ground, with the officer on top and blood from the civilian streaked across the sidewalk. The second officer is seen trying to get his hands into the tussle but doesn't appear to try to stop the first officer's punches. Neither officer has been identified, but Warren Brown, an attorney repping the civilian, identifies his client to the Baltimore Sun as 26-year-old Dashawn McGrier. Brown says the cops stopped his client without offering a reason; witnesses tell the Sun the officer who threw the punches knew McGrier and may have targeted him. In a statement, the Baltimore PD says the cops stopped McGrier as part of a crime probe; they say McGrier refused to provide ID for a citizen's contact sheet, said to be required when cops talk to a citizen during an investigation. After initially being suspended, the punch-throwing officer resigned, per the Baltimore PD; the second officer is still on administrative duties pending an investigation. McGrier wasn't charged, police say. Brown says McGrier suffered jaw, rib, and nose fractures, per the Washington Post. "I have zero tolerance for behavior like I witnessed on the video today," Gary Tuggle, the PD's interim commissioner, said. "Officers have a responsibility and duty to control their emotions in the most stressful of situations." Brown says McGrier will sue, per WBAL. Baltimore is still haunted by the 2015 death of Freddie Gray.