ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Activists on Monday pressed their demand for police accountability after video emerged over the weekend of an Allentown police officer placing his knee on a man’s head and neck area outside of a hospital.
They said Allentown police appeared to violate their own use-of-force policy against neck restraints when an officer used his knee to bear down on the man’s head.Police launched an internal probe and promised to release additional video of Saturday’s incident.On Monday night, Allentown police released a nine minute video of the incident from a vantage point across the street.Police say during the first four minutes of the video the man is observed to enter the frame and appears to be suffering from a medical, mental health.