Texas Police Believed That There Were No Cameras Around, But New Evidence Speaks For Itself!

HUMBLE, Texas (KTRK) -- A man from Humble says he was the victim of police brutality during an arrest in June.

Surveillance video provided to ABC13 shows Chris Hanna being knocked to the ground by the officer he was standing next to, who appeared to be getting ready to place him in handcuffs.

"When I watched it, I was blown away," Todd Overstreet, Hanna's attorney, said.

Overstreet said his client was outside a bar on June 24, when he was involved in a fight with two other men. Hanna admittedly got a gun from his own truck and fired it. Then, he called 911 out of fear for his own life, according to Overstreet.

Hanna said he handed over his gun when officers arrived and waited to be questioned.

Surveillance video shows Hanna sitting in the parking lot as Officer John Cox walks over and motions for him to stand.

"He asked my client to raise his hands, it appears. (Hanna) raises his hands just like this, and the officer reaches for, I believe, his right hand. In the officer's hand, I believe his right hand, he's holding his handcuffs. And then as soon as he takes my client's hand down this way, he turns and hits him almost like an uppercut, holding the handcuffs in his hands, almost like brass knuckles, and knocks him out," Overstreet described.

Moments later, the video shows Hanna face-down with the officer leaning on his back. The officer is then seen picking up the back of Hanna's neck and slamming his head into the ground.

"This is absurd. Inexcusable," said Overstreet.

Hanna said he doesn't remember the takedown. But adds he was conscious as he was taken to the police unit, where he was immediately bandaged because of the amount of blood coming from his head.