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Video Shows Alleged Police Beating

On Feb. 2, 2006, a Deptford Township police officer stopped Joseph A. Rao, 19, after the officer said the driver failed to stop at a stop sign. The video camera on the officer’s dashboard recorded the stop, the handcuffing of Rao, and the arrival of two backup officers. The video is the focus of a police brutality case expected to open in state Superior Court in Gloucester County this week.

The More.. 14-minute videotape of the Deptford Township police officers' encounter with a Philadelphia motorist was captured by video cameras mounted on the dashboards of two township police cars.

And it is the centerpiece of a police-brutality trial expected to begin this week before a jury in state Superior Court in Gloucester County.

Dashboard cameras in police cars, which supporters say guard against police abuse and baseless claims against officers, are proliferating in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and across the nation. Still, experts say it's rare for one of the cameras to capture police misconduct.

Deptford Police Chief John Marolt said he was offended by what he saw on the video of the traffic stop that led to the charges against his officers. He said it was the first time in his 27 years with the police force that he had witnessed excessive force used by police in his 71-member department.

Rao has filed a “notice of claim” against two of the officers and the police department. In the notice, Rao is seeking damages in excess of $1 million, and alleges that he suffered “severe physical, emotional and psychological damage, injury and loss” from what he called the excessive force used by the two officers. Less..

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