Florida police duo who slammed black teen's head suspended as outrage grows

Delucca Rolle, 15, pepper-sprayed and smashed to the ground Broward county residents lead calls for white officers to be fired Two Flori... thumbnail 1 summary
  • Delucca Rolle, 15, pepper-sprayed and smashed to the ground
  • Broward county residents lead calls for white officers to be fired

Two Florida sheriff’s deputies who pepper-sprayed and punched a 15-year-old black student in the head during a violent arrest were beginning a paid suspension on Wednesday, amid growing calls for the officers to be fired.

Cellphone video of the incident, which has been widely shared on social media, also captured the two white officers body slamming the boy, Delucca Rolle, to the ground and smashing his face into the concrete several times.

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