City police take on school officer video probe

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police have announced they will take on the criminal investigation related to a video showing a school police officer hitting and kicking a young man inside a city school.

In a cellphone video shot by a student, a school police officer can be seen slapping and kicking a young man while another officer stands by.

Baltimore state's attorney's office spokeswoman Rochelle Ritchie said prosecutors are working closely with the city's police department and the school police to investigate the incident.