Police Commissioner Discusses Violent Arrest Video - Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29

An investigation is underway into a violent arrest that was recorded on cell phones from two different angles.

Police say the man was resisting arrest, but the man's family says police overreacted.

Four Philadelphia police officers are on desk duty while the department's Internal Affairs Bureau investigates.

FOX 29's Steve Keeley talks with Philadelphia's police commissioner Wednesday morning about the latest on the investigation.

Ramsey says the video shows the man "was clearly resisting arrest."

"Officers have the ability and the right to use force to overcome that," Ramsey said. "The question is always how much is too much? But clearly he was resisting arrest. He was in a car, heavy front-end damage, airbags deployed – they have every reason to want to stop him and question him."

We want to warn you some of the video is disturbing.

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The arrest involved police and 18-year-old Marcus Warryton, of Kensington.

Police say Warryton resisted arrest after walking away from a car crash.

In the video, the officers can be seen forcing Warryton to the ground, then one officer hits him with a baton multiple times.

Warryton's family says he was brutally beaten for no reason. He was still in police custody Wednesday morning.

Ramsey told FOX 29 News that police interviewed Warryton on Tuesday and had blood samples drawn to determine "whether he was on any kind of drugs or anything like that."

"You know, there was a point in time when we didn't have video all over the place, and you still had to do investigations. So this is really no different. So we'll figure out exactly the sequence of events for what took place and whether the officers acted properly."

"But I think we all need to remember that, you know, these streets are very dangerous out here, they're very violent. Not everyone comes willingly when asked to do so by police," Ramsey added. "So we have to keep all of that in mind when making judgments after the fact."

Ramsey said of the officers being placed on desk duty pending the outcome of the investigation, "It's not punishment at all. What we do is until we can review the facts, we put them off the street temporarily just to make sure we don't have an issue here. They could be back out tonight if I review things today that would lead me to believe that they could be back out on the street."