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Video Shows Police Encounter with Man Who Died in Oklahoma

HeadlineFeb 26, 2014

The family of a man who died following an encounter with police outside a movie theater in Moore, Oklahoma, earlier this month has released disturbing video of the incident. Cellphone video shot by the man’s wife shows Luis Rodriguez lying face down with five police officers pressing on top of him — one of them holding down his head — while his wife pleads with them.

Nair Rodriguez: “Luis, are you OK? Luis? Luis, are you OK?”

Officer: “He’s fine.”

Nair Rodriguez: “Why you came to all this? Please, tell me!”

Nair Rodriguez says police beat her husband before he died. Police say he was uncooperative when they questioned him about reports of a domestic dispute.

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