Video shows Milwaukee police officers punching handcuffed man

A big story tonight at 9. It began as a traffic stop for a license plate violation. And it ended with what you see there. Milwaukee police officers taking a man, handcuffed man, to the ground, punching him. And tonight, that man's family is demanding accountability. Abril Preciado is here. And Abril, some video of what happened is making the rounds online now. That's right. We don't see the start of the traffic stop or how it escalated, but we do see police take the 24-year-old Nicholas Beeman to the ground and punch him now tonight the family has hired a civil rights attorney and you'll hear from him shortly meanwhile the police union says that video doesn't show the whole story it's just 35 seconds long but a lot goes down quickly this video making its rounds on social media shows Milwaukee police officers forcefully grab a man who's already in handcuffs they then push him to the ground and repeatedly punch him when i first saw the video i will say that unfortunately i see a lot of encounters with law enforcement that don't turn out in a way that we would expect. But in this situation, I just couldn't rationalize it whatsoever. Attorney B. Ivory Lamar says the man is 24-year-old Nicholas Beeman, who he said is severely injured. Lamar says this all started last week at a traffic stop near Palmer and Keith when officers pulled over a car for missing its front license plate. Lamar says Beeman was riding in the backseat next to a baby. I've spoken with three of the occupants in that vehicle and what I'm hearing that is consistent is that the officers were very hostile at the very beginning of the stop that they were very aggressive with them and that is kind of what led to things escalating. In a statement Tuesday the Milwaukee Police Association said the officer knew Beeman had a gun in his sweatshirt pocket and though Beeman was handcuffed the gun still could have caused deadly consequences. President Alex Ayala said the officer used controlled strikes, a defense and arrest tactic taught in the police academy to obtain compliance. The strike stopped immediately once compliance was achieved. Still, Lamar says Beeman is a legal gun owner. Just like every American who exercises their second amendment right to bear arms and has the appropriate permits to carry them. And that the officers went too far. And I appreciate the risk that they take on a daily basis. But I think it's also important to note that the authority to enforce the law does not also provide you the authority to disregard it. And Beeman is not currently in custody. Milwaukee police say the incident is currently under review, but didn't immediately respond to our interview request tonight. Now, meanwhile, Lamar is calling on police to release the body camera video. He's holding a press conference on this tomorrow. In the newsroom, Abril Preciado, Fox 6 News. All right, Abril, we'll find out more then. Thank you.