ST. LOUIS — St. Louis police said Tuesday that they were conducting an internal investigation after a video was posted on YouTube showing an officer beating a man with a nightstick outside a convenience store on New Year's Day. The store's owner says witnesses have told him the officer was defending himself.
St. Louis police investigating videotaped beating
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 | 8:42 p.m. CST
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