Warning Offensive Language. A Westminster woman says she is outraged after witnessing a Los Angeles Police Department officer kick a handcuffed and leg-restrained Black man in the face during an incident Sunday, July 3 in Hollywood.

LAPD Reply:
On 7/3/22 around 7:15 pm in the 1600 block of Cahuenga, Hollywood Area officers had responded to a radio call of a battery suspect at a marijuana dispensary. While taking the suspect into custody there were several separate use of force incidents. At one point, another male becomes involved when he tried to free the original suspect from the police. There was a use of force with that suspect as well. All the use of force with the suspects was reported as required. A bystander provided their cell phone video of part of the incident to a Hollywood supervisor. It showed what could have been an officer's boot striking the suspect's head. This incident is a reported use of force and the Department is following appropriate protocol and investigating it.