Bodycam Footage Of Officers’ Violent Struggle With Suspect

* (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) * Little Rock, Arkansas — The Cammack Village Police Department released body and dash camera footage showing the arrest of an Arkansas man Sunday night who was charged after the department’s chief was struck with a baton and another officer was shot with a stun gun. The videos show an initial exchange between on-duty officer Joshua Blasingame and 35-year-old Dustin Arch Black of Big Flat at about 6 p.m. on May 8, 2022. The footage then depicts a struggle that starts as officer Joshua Blasingame and Chief Peter Powell attempts to detain Black. At one time during the fracas, Black yelled “Jesus Christ is our lord and savior” when a policeman was biting his fingers after he had shoved them in the policeman’s mouth. Black used a police baton to hit an officer in the head twice and caused another officer to shoot himself with a Taser when he pushed him. According to a police report, Cammack Village Police Chi
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