A black man died after being clubbed repeatedly by officers in a videotaped beating that raised new claims of police brutality in Cincinnati, nearly three years after the Ohio city was rocked by riots.

A BLACK man died after being struck repeatedly by Cincinnati police wielding metal nightsticks and the city’s mayor said yesterday a videotape showed that the officers were defending themselves.

A black man died after being struck repeatedly by Cincinnati police wielding metal nightsticks, and the city’s mayor said today a videotape showed that the officers were defending themselves.

Bill Cosby has cancelled two shows in Cincinnati in a protest at the city's response to race riots.