(CNN) Body camera video of a violent arrest in Chicago is now key evidence in a new federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the man police are seen slamming to the ground. Leroy Kennedy, a Black man, says in his lawsuit that he was walking on a sidewalk "minding his own business" on August 23, 2020. The body camera video from the two responding officers, provided by Kennedy's attorneys, shows officers run up to him and almost immediately slam him into a brick wall and then the pavement. At one point, the video shows one of the officer's hands grabbing Kennedy by the neck. The cameras did not record the first two minutes of sound of the encounter.

Source: CNN February 20, 2021 00:22 UTC