HARVEY, La. (WGNO) – JPSO released new video a day after a media conference where Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand attacked the character of a LaPlace teen at the center of a police brutality case.
The new video is an extended version of the YouTube video where a plainclothes deputy is seen punching a 17-year-old several times in the eye. In the new video, it shows deputy Nicholas Breaux grappling with Brady Becker on the ground, then Becker attempts to get up. That’s when the Breaux throws Becker back down and the punches start.
On Wednesday, Sheriff Normand defended his deputy’s actions, saying Becker started the fight and pointed out that Becker’s blood alcohol was 7-times the legal limit for a minor.
Watch the original video of the fight below
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