5 LAPD Officers Assault Unarmed Black College Student in Front of his House (Black Family in white neighborhood)

From [HERE] and [HERE] A 20-year old black college student from Venice is accusing Los Angeles Police Department officers of using excessive force during his recent arrest, and the alleged victim and his family are demanding justice. KTLA spoke with Ronald Weekley Jr. Monday morning, who said he was skateboarding in front of his home Saturday afternoon when police officers detained him by piling on top of him, pinning him to the ground and beating him. The incident was partially caught on camera.[HERE]

Ronald Weekley Jr., 20, claimed he suffered a broken nose, broken cheekbone and a concussion during the confrontation outside his home in the Venice neighborhood. His face appeared slightly bruised as he spoke with friends, supporters and journalists. "We feel very strongly that his civil rights were violated," his father, Ronald Weekley, said in a telephone interview. His son  may have been stopped because he was "an ethnic kid" in a predominantly white neighborhood, Ronald Weekley said.

Witnesses say officers repeatedly punched "him in the face while his arms were pinned behind his back.  Police approached Weekley because he was skateboarding on the wrong side of the street and not complying with officers orders to stop. and they resisted when they tried to arrest him and slam him into the concrete Saturday, police Cmdr. Andrew Smith said. The officers called for backup, and Weekley was arrested on suspicion of using force to obstruct or resist police, Smith said. The footage shows Weekley pinned to the ground and surrounded by four officers. At one point, an officer punches the 20-year-old in the head with his fist. Officers claim Weekley was resisting arrest, but Weekley says he was physically unable to do so.

Weekley and his son both said the police actions were unprovoked. "We want the Chief of Police to not only do an investigation, but we want him to train his officers better because they work in ethnic communities," said Weekley Sr, who also noted, "In terms of this stop, it's quite immaterial that Ron had warrants for curfew two or three years ago."

Weekly said once he was taken to the police station, the police dragged him around and also dragged him at the hospital.  "I was being a good kid," he said. "I turned around to (find) two cops running directly at me and throwing me on the ground, putting my arms behind my back and tying my legs to my arms and telling me I was resisting arrest."

His father said his son stiffened his body as police tried to get hold of him and drag him to cement head first. Police didn't call for backup until his son was on the ground and had submitted, Weekley said.

"I turned around to two cops running directly at me and throwing me on the ground, putting my arms behind my back and tying my legs to my arms and telling me I was resisting arrest," Weekley told reporters, who obtained cell phone video of the incident captured by a witness. 

The LAPD says internal affairs is investigating the incident.