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New Jersey Police Assault Crash Victim After High-Speed Pursuit

HeadlineJun 09, 2017

In New Jersey, video has emerged showing Jersey City police assaulting a man shortly after he emerged, in flames, from a burning car wreck caused when a suspect in a high-speed pursuit crashed into his vehicle. The graphic video was first broadcast by Univision. It shows 28-year-old Miguel Feliz-Rodriguez rolling on the ground to extinguish flames that had engulfed his upper body. Moments later, he’s kicked repeatedly by officers who then drag him into the street. It was apparently a case of mistaken identity. The officers had been in pursuit of another suspect, Leo Pinkston, firing repeatedly at him during a high-speed chase that ended in a fiery crash. Feliz-Rodriguez is reportedly fighting for his life, with facial injuries and burns on 30 percent of his body. A Jersey City spokesperson said the city will seek to fire the officers and press charges against them.

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