15 Philly officers being taken off street after videotaped beating

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(Stations: Please substitute the following for V4872, slugged Videotaped Police Beating, which moved at 10:27 a.m. Eastern time. The new version CORRECTS that some of the officers are still being identified and have not been taken off the street, per new information from mayor's spokesman that contradicts his previous information.)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fifteen Philadelphia police officers will be taken off the street as authorities investigate a video showing three suspects being kicked and beaten by city police.

A spokesman for Mayor Michael Nutter says the mayor stands behind the police department but his first glance of the video does appear to show the officers overstepping their authority.

The video was shot Monday night by WTXF-TV. It shows three police cars stopping a car on the side of a road.

The tape shows about a dozen officers gathering around the vehicle and pulling three men out. About a half-dozen officers hold two of the men on the ground. Both are kicked repeatedly, with one of the two apparently struck with a baton. Punches were also thrown.

The third man is also kicked and ends up on the ground.

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