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The video shows a man running from police when a sheriff’s deputy throws him to the ground.
Within seconds there are five officers on the man, who is lying in what appears to be a dirt lot. One of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office deputies shoves the man’s head into the ground while other officers punch the man in the head and back.
The incident was caught on surveillance video from a nearby car repair shop in August and shared on Facebook. Now, one of the deputies, James Pregel, has been fired for “conduct unbecoming,” WSPA reports.