The power of YouTube continues to amaze us. The brutal August 11th beating of William Cardenas by the LAPD was caught on tape and put out there for the world to judge. And public opinion says it doesn’t think the LAPD has changed much over the past decade. You judge for yourself:

Thanks to the video’s viral popularity on the internet, the FBI is looking into the matter, reports BET:

The footage prompted federal investigators to open a civil rights inquiry into the Aug. 11 incident, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.

The involved officers, who did not know they were being recorded, have been assigned to administrative duties while the FBI investigates. The LAPD’s internal affairs division is also investigating the arrest, the department confirmed Thursday.

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Via / BET.com and YouTube