Alleged police brutality caught in video in CNMI

11:51 am on 12 December 2016
CNMI police

CNMI police Photo: Supplied

Police in the Northern Marianas are investigating a case of alleged police brutality on Saipan after a video went viral on social media.

The video purportedly showed a police officer using a baton to beat a person on the ground beside an overturned car on Friday.

The Department of Public Safety said an investigation was underway.

Police say patrol units were involved in a 40-minute car chase last Friday evening that ended with the arrest of a driver and his passenger.