Pittsburgh Police Investigating Video Of Altercation With Officers On South Side
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- New video of a brawl involving police is being shared on social media and is raising eyebrows.
KDKA obtained video showing a group of men fighting at the Cambodian Kitchen on Pittsburgh's South Side.
Pittsburgh Police officers appeared to be breaking up a brawl -- but the video then shows officers throwing punches and elbows of their own.
"It's very difficult. I watched it second by second by second and I have no idea what occurred there," said Beth Pittinger, the executive director of the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board.
Pittinger says body camera footage will be critical in the investigation.
"Whether or not it's an overly aggressive suppression effort, we don't know. That video simply doesn't tell us enough."
It's not clear what happened before the video was recorded.
Pittsburgh Police tell KDKA they're investigating what happened.