(CNN) When a Chicago police officer lifted him into the air and slammed him into a cement curb on Thanksgiving, Bernard Kersh told CNN affiliate WBBM that he "could have been killed." "I would have rather been tased than be slammed like that," Kersh said. "Like I could feel my heartbeat in my brain." Kersh told the station he was knocked unconscious in the incident that was captured on a widely circulated video"I am happy to be alive," he said. According to police, Kersh was stopped for drinking alcohol in public and became verbally abusive toward an officer, spitting in his face and threatening him.

Source: CNN December 20, 2019 06:33 UTC