CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield August 15, 2015 18:21:00
Danger. sucker punched and pistol whipped with his own weapon. a police detective says he chose not to use force against a man attacking him because he didn't want to be another headline. the brutal beating occurred during a routine traffic stop. the detective, a six-year veteran, noticed a man driving on the interstate erratically. so he pulls the car over. the two end up here at this shopping center where the detective calls for backup. it's during this time according to police that the suspect gets out of his car and gets aggressive with the officer. instead of following policy to try to ge...