Video: Texas officer says blacks have 'violent tendencies'
>AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Patrol car video publicly released Thursday shows a white Austin, Texas, police officer violently throwing a black woman to the ground during a traffic stop, followed by another white officer telling her black people have "violent tendencies" and whites are justifiably afraid. >Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo condemned both officers' actions. He called the officer's comments on the video "disturbing" and said a criminal investigation has been opened against the officer who arrested Breaion King. >The traffic stop happened in June 2015 but was not made public until the Austin American-Statesman published the video Thursday. Acevedo called a news conference hours later and said both officers have been taken off street patrol and are on desk duty. >The video is surfacing amid heightened nationwide tension over police treatment of black people. http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2016-07-21/video-texas-officer-says-blacks-have-violent-tendencies
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