CMPD responds to clip of police hitting woman



Questions have been raised after a video showing a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer repeatedly punching a woman in south Charlotte Monday surfaced.

The video, posted and shared on Instagram, shows at least four CMPD officers Monday restraining a woman on the ground while a fifth officer can be seen punching the woman multiple times. In the video, another officer can be seen escorting a man away from the woman.

The incident happened Monday just after 2 p.m. near the intersection of South Tryon Street and West Arrowood Road in south Charlotte.

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