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UPDATED: 4:21 p.m. Jan. 4, 2011
You may have heard about a video of a St. Louis city police officer using his nightstick to beat a man. The video is available for you to watch above.
For a few hours this afternoon, the video was removed from YouTube under its "shocking and disgusting content" policy and has since been re-activated.
According to the Associated Press, police said in a statement Tuesday that while the circumstances are not yet known, the video is disturbing. Police say they have not yet identified the officer, but he will be placed on administrative duty once identified, until the investigation is complete.
The video was shot early on New Year's Day, at a convenience store, through the window of a car that was not involved.
The convenience store owner, Joel Platke, says the officer was off-duty working security at the store when the young man came in and caused a disturbance. He says what the video doesn't show is the young man grabbing at the officer's ankles. Platke says he believes the officer did nothing wrong.
