In Philadelphia, four city police officers have been fired and four others demoted or suspended after they were caught on videotape beating three unarmed African American men. On May 5, eighteen police officers surrounded a car in North Philadelphia. A local television news helicopter videotaped officers pulling the victims from their car and kicking and punching them as they lay on the ground. The beating occurred after the shooting death of a police officer who had been pursuing three robbery suspects, two of whom were later caught.