His jaw was broken and his teeth were knocked out (via toofab)
When asked if it was proper procedure to punch people, Chief Allen told reporters officers are trained"to use the least amount of force to get the job done."
"We need our citizens to respect the police department, and we need the police department to respect the citizens; my charge to each and every citizen is that if a police officer asks you to do a lawful... give you a lawful order, we ask that you abide by that," he said. Explaining his first thoughts upon seeing the video for the first time, he said:"I was always taught to abide by a police officer; a police officer tells you to do something -- that was legally and morally correct -- then you ought to do it. Especially when it comes to weapons. By my being from Detroit, if you had a gun and a police officer approaches, you want to drop the gun and in most times, run.
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