LAPD cop is suspended after he was filmed PUNCHING suspect strapped to a gurney who shouted the word 'B*tch' at officers
A Los Angeles cop has been suspended after a video of him punching a suspect strapped to a gurney went viral on Twitter. In the video, which had over 870,000 views on Twitter as of Tuesday, emergency medical services workers could be seen loading a man on a gurney into an ambulance, when he turns his head towards a line of police officers and yells the word 'bitch.' At that point, one of the officers comes into view running up to the suspect and appears to punch him in the face as someone seems to warn him against his actions, saying 'No, no, no.' The cop, who has not been publicly named, then tells the suspect, still handcuffed to a gurney: 'Don't do that s*** again to any officer. One of the EMS workers then tries to push the cop away as he and his crew continue trying to lift the gurney into the ambulance, until eventually another one of the officers pulls him back and seemed to try to calm him down. The EMS worker then tells others to 'grab a statement.&