Oklahoma City cop is investigated for slamming 70-year-old man to the ground
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Oklahoma City cop is investigated for slamming 70-year-old man to the ground

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Oklahoma City cop is investigated for slamming 70-year-old man to the ground toggle caption Oklahoma City Police Department/Facebook/Screenshot by NPR An Oklahoma City police officer is under investigation and on paid leave following the release of body camera footage that shows him slamming an elderly Vietnamese man to the ground during a traffic stop. They continue arguing and Vu appears to tell Gibson to "shut up" while tapping the officer's chest with the back of his fingers. "This is not how you treat someone that is 5'3, 115 lbs with bone cancer after a car accident," Teresa Vu wrote on Oct. 28, alongside pictures that showed Vu's head bloodied, dented and bruised. Sponsor Message The Oklahoma City Police Department said in a statement that an internal investigation into the incident began "immediately" and that Gibson, a six-year veteran on the force, would be on paid leave until the investigation was completed.

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