Police who beat man ‘followed procedure’

POLICE appeared to follow procedure when attempting to subdue a black man who later died, Cincinnati police chief Thomas Streicher said yesterday.

The chief said it was obvious one of the officers was assaulted before the taped beating began.

Nathaniel Jones, 41, died at a hospital shortly after being taken into custody on Sunday outside a fast-food restaurant. The 350lb man was struck repeatedly with nightsticks in a confrontation captured by a video camera mounted on a police car.