Detroit officer suspended after video shows beating of woman

A Detroit police corporal was suspended after cellphone video showed him beating a naked, unarmed and possibly mentally ill woman inside an emergency room triage unit as another officer and hospital security restrained her. The video shows the officer, whose name was not released, punching the woman about a dozen times Wednesday at Detroit Receiving Hospital.

The video is “very disturbing,” Detroit Police Chief James Craig said Thursday, adding that a criminal investigation had begun.