New video shows aftermath of North Carolina police beating

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Weeks after a North Carolina police beating became public, new footage is revealing what was said in the aftermath of the black pedestrian being punched and choked by the white officer.

City officials in Asheville released nine body camera videos Monday of the August 2017 encounter – most of it made public for the first time. Earlier this year, a shorter clip obtained by a newspaper sparked anger in the community and helped lead to assault charges against the former officer, Christopher Hickman.

After being punched, choked and shocked with a stun gun, pedestrian Johnnie Jermaine Rush incredulously asks Hickman’s supervisor why she appears to find the officer’s account more believable than his explanation of events.

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