Officers in videotaped arrest plead innocent

Friday, July 19, 2002

LOS ANGELES -- The policeman who was videotaped punching a handcuffed teen-ager pleaded innocent to assault Thursday and his attorney said the incident amounted to a "reasonable use of force" under the circumstances.

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