ALBUQUERQUE – Two Albuquerque transit security officers have been on paid leave after video footage showed them beating a man who was trying to record them roughing up a detainee.
KOAT-TV reports the officers were placed on leave following the July 24 episode at the Alvarado Transit Center that prompted a police investigation.
According to police reports, the security officers attacked John Anthony Lopez while he tried to record the officers with his cellphone. Lopez says he told the officers they couldn’t use physical force like that.
Video footage from a bus showed the security officers beating Lopez. He was later transported to a nearby hospital.
The transit security officers are not sworn or certified police officers.
Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office spokesman Michael Patrick says the case is being reviewed.