I don't know. The videotape I saw had the victim hanging over at the waist (like bending to touch your toes) surrendering. Then one cop tackled him to the ground. OK, I understad that. Then another came in an jumped on him - considering the man had surrendered and was not noticably trying to get away, I thought it a bit excessive, but whatever. That was when the third cop came in, kicked the victim in the head, and then he pulled out the falshlight and started hitting him. And the article said 11 times! The guy wasn't resisting the arrest at this point. Why would you need to hit him? It seems a little Rodney Kingish to me...
Course, in NY the guy would have probably been shot dead
PSA: NO I am not hating on all cops. My uncle was a police office in Detroit for many years. I'm hating on ignorant a**holes who abuse their power and beat on people for no reason.