Video shows Jersey City police officers kicking victim on fire after crash
06/08/2017 6:24 am PDT
via WPIX:
JERSEY CITY, NJ -- (WPIX) -- A group of New Jersey police officers were caught on camera kicking a man who was on fire after being struck by a car as it crashed.
The amateur cell phone video starts in dramatic fashion, showing a vehicle engulfed in flames on Route 1 on Sunday night.
Leo Pinkston, 48, crashed his car in front of the EconoLodge after being chased by cops for six miles. Officers had fired shots as they chased him.
But what happens next has Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop calling for the termination of the officers who responded to the scene.
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