Protesters call for accountability after viral video shows Provo officers hitting homeless man during arrest
PROVO, Utah — Protesters stood in Provo’s Pioneer Park Friday night, demanding justice for police brutality.
The video shows a homeless man, known by the name “Mogli,” suffering multiple blows from police on July 7 near Center Street and University Ave. “He kept yelling for someone to record the situation," said Moore."As soon as I heard him say that, I was already pulling my phone out to record because I knew that he had been hurt by a car the previous day."The Provo Police Department declined to speak with FOX 13 News, but in a statement Wednesday, the department wrote:"The Provo City Police Department is aware of a video that captured part of an arrest and use of force incident that is circulating social media.
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