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Allentown Police Address Use Of Force In Viral Video Allentown police released a statement addressing a video circulating on social media that shows an officer slamming a man to the ground (scroll for video). Police responded to the 1500 block of Gordon Street for a theft in progress around 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 20, authorities said. When they arrived, a man later identified as Rey Jomar Torres Garcia, 21, of no current address, was still actively stealing items from the store, police said. Noticing Garcia had a screwdriver, the officer tried placing him under arrest — at which point he tried to pull away and actively resisted arrest, authoriti…

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by Cecilia Levine