Overview

• Incident occurred in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, a historically significant area for racial tensions.
• Officer involved has been removed from field duties pending investigation.
• Civil rights activists are demanding the officer be criminally charged and identified.
• Bystanders captured multiple angles of the incident, which shows Mitchell asking, 'What did I do?' before being punched.
• LAPD has a history of high-profile brutality cases, including the Rodney King beating in 1991.