GROSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. – The armed man shown in the video getting punched and kicked is 51-year-old Andrew Jackson.
He jumped parole, and police say he ran from two officers working for a car theft task force who had been chasing him. Police say he admitted to carjacking a woman and child at gunpoint.
The Grosse Pointe Park officer kneeled on Jackson while berating him. Police sources call this a dangerous breech in training.
When the third officer arrived, she described the officer's actions like this:
"That was a justified a** whoopin'."
Jackson's attorney said the officers went too far.
"And especially a department in this suburb should know that," said attorney Ben Gonek.
On Wednesday, protestors rallied outside the Grosse Pointe Park Police Department, which is the department in charge of the task force. Protestors asked for a meeting with the chief, who sent out a sergeant.
"We think that it's important that at least we have some kind of dialogue," said a protestor representing the group.
The sergeant said he would relay that message to the chief.
The Grosse Pointe Park police chief called the arrest "proper." Protestors have taken issue with his statement.
"There are those that call it proper. We don't believe it's proper," said Donnell White, with the Detroit NAACP.
One man went to the department Wednesday to say he was glad the police got the suspected carjacker off the streets.
"Before all of this happened, the same guy was waiving a gun in the face of a woman and her child and stole their car, traumatized them rather badly," he said.
The Highland Park officer shown in the video delivering punches is being heavily criticized by sources in law enforcement. The officer is a sergeant with the Highland Park Police Department and has a violent history.
Local 4 asked Highland Park's city attorney if the city is concerned with the actions by one of their officers.
"We'll do a thorough investigation and we'll look at this very seriously," said Todd Perkins, Highland Park city attorney.
Meanwhile, Jackson has not been charged with anything.