aaron bowman was forcibly taken to the ground and the trooper claimed he had hit a deputy and describedhe beating as pain compliance. >> please. hit me in the head with a flashlight. >> reporter: bowman tells the associated press he was left with a broken jaw, ribs and wrist and needed six staples to his head. >> i thought i was going to die that night. all i could do was breathe. >> reporter: he denies ever hitting an officer and filed a civil lawsuit. police later concluded trooper brown did use excessive and unjustifiable actions and failed to report the use of force to his supervisors and intentionally mislabeled his body camera video. brown was charged with battery and resigned earlier this year. >> there are individuals that are clearly bad apples, but i think what we also see is that this is not just bad apples but also a rotten tree. >> reporter: louisiana state police say they recently reformed training and practices in hopes of rebuilding trust within the community. andrea fujii, abc news. >>> a wake-up call this morning about skyrocketing blood pressure numbers. researchers s

. >> reporter: aaron bowman charged with battery and resisting arrest was left with a broken jaw, ribs and wrist and required six staples to his head. >> i just kept thinking i was going to die that night. it was scary >> reporter: louisiana state police say after a civil lawsuit they discovered the intentionally mislabeled body camera video later saying trooper brown engaged in excessive and unjustifiable actions. he's made no public comment. just three weeks before the incident -- >> behind your back. >> reporter: -- louisiana state troopers punched, stunned and dragged another black man, ronald green, who died in custody both body camera videos were never publicly released by authorities. >> i wouldn't want nobody to go through this. >> reporter: tonight disturbing new video for an old problem still plaguing louisiana state troopers miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> we are facing more extreme weather with temperatures soaring into the 90s and triple digits in many places 75 million people under heat advisories from the southwest to the midwest and northeast. we're also watching another

the trooper hitting aaron bowman 18 times with a flashlight. calling it, quote, pain compliance, claiming bowman hit another trooper. bowman badly injured, denying hitting anyone. the trooper accused of mislabeling the video, resigning in march. bowman filing a civil lawsuit. federal prosecutors tonight are investigating. >>> when we come back here, more on that shark scare on the east coast. all this cash back? oh, i gotta tell everyone. hey rita, you can earn 3% on dining, including takeout! bon appetit. hey kim, you earn 5% on travel purchased through chase! way ahead of you. hey neal, you can earn 3% at drug stores!!! buddy, i'm right here. why are you yelling? because that's what i do! you're always earning with 5% cash back on travel purchased through chase, 3% at drugstores, 3% on dining including takeout, and 1.5% on everything else you buy. chase. make more of what's yours. my hygienist cleans with a round head. so does my oral-b my hygienist personalizes my cleaning. so does my oral-b oral-b delivers the wow of a professional clean fe

. >>> now to this newly uncovered and disturbing body camera footage showing a black man aaron larry bowmanper. it happened more than two years ago. here is what bowman told cnn's don lemon just last night. >> throws me down and i did exactly what he asked me. he snatched me out of the car. and swung me to the ground and went to beating on me. and while he was doing it, the rest of the cops there just standing around watching. it just bothers me when i talk about it. it is like i relive the whole time. >> the incident involves the same division of the louisiana state police that is already being investigated for systemic abuse against black motorists. i want to warn you some of the video that you will see is disturbing here. ryan young reports for us. >>> we'll keep going here and try to come back to that in a little bit. >>> a check on cnn business. asian shares narrowly mixed here. although hong kong and shanghai both 1%. european shares have opened slightly lower. stock index futures wobbling a bit, basically flat for dow futures. this is after another record-breaking day on wall street.

press obtained body-cam footage of trooper jacob brown jumping from his vehicle and running at aaron bowmano was already pinned down by other officers. moments later, brown struck bowman 18 times with a heavy- duty flashlight. bowman recalled the beating, earlier this month. >> i kept thinking i was going to die that night, becau all i could do was breathe, you know, and try to keep myself from just going out, because he got my face mashed down in a puddle of water. >> nawaz: bowman suffered multiple broken bones and later, filed a civil suit. trooper brown resigned last march, and faces state criminal charges. the incident followed the death of another black man, ronald greene, in police custody in louisiana. both cases are under federal investigation. a select congressional committee demanded reams of records from federal agencies today, as they look into the january assault on the u.s. capitol. the house panel is looking at then-president trump's communications and actions before and during january 6th, when a mob of his supporters stormed the building. the committee also wants phone rec

press obtained body-cam footage of trooper jacob brown jumping from his vehicle and running at aaron bowmanready pinned down by other officers. moments later, brown struck bowman 18 times with a heavy-duty flashlight. bowman recalled the beating, earlier this month. >> i kept thinking i was going to die that night, because all i could do was breathe, you know, and try to keep myself from just going out, because he got my face mashed down in a puddle of water. stephanie: trooper brown resigned last march, and faces state criminal charges. major tech companies, including google and microsoft, met at the white house today pledging , billions of dollars to tackle growing cybersecurity threats. the president asked the top tech executives to do more to fight ransomware attacks after several high-profile hacks, including solarwinds and meat packing giant jbs. still to come on the "newshour" many renters and landlords face an uncertain future as assistance money remains backlogged. why vaccination efforts for school children multiple roadblocks. efforts intensified to match people without college d

joining me now is aaron larry bowman, the man beaten by police in that video. n, that's emotional, it's hard for you to watch and hear that, right? >> yes, sir. >> take us through that. what was happening, what was going through your mind, what were you experiencing as this happened? >> i was so scared. all i could do was holler. i thought i was going to die. >> let's go through your injuries, aaron. your arm was fractured. your ribs were broken. you sustained multiple lacerations. an arrest warrant for the officer says he hit you at least 18 times within 24 seconds. how in the world did it get to this point? why did it escalate to this? >> i don't -- i don't know why it escalated to it myself. i did what he asked me. don't move, sit down, asked me where i came from, what did i have. he searched me down. i did exactly what he asked. the next few minutes, he smashed me out of the car and swung me to the ground and was beating on me. why he was doing it, the rest of the cops, the police that were there, were just standing around watching. they wasn't trying to hel

obtained by the "associated press" shows former state trooper jacob brown striking 46-year-old aaron bowman more than a dozen times. the footage was kept hidden from public view for more than two years. bowman has now filed a civil lawsuit, and federal prosecutors are investigating whether there's a pattern of police cover-ups in louisiana. mola lenghi has more. >> reporter: within seconds of his arrival on the scene of an arrest in progress, this body camera footage from former louisiana state trooper jacob brown appears to show him immediately strike bowman who's already on the ground. using his police-issued aluminum flashlight he can be seen hitting bowman 18 times in the head and body in a span of 24 seconds. [ bleep ] >> after they had asked me a few questions, they jumped on me. i -- i thought i was going die. >> reporter: brown hits him in the ribs and pins his head to the ground using the flashlight. >> i'm not fighting -- >> you are. >> you're fighting me. >> reporter: bowman can be heard moaning afterwards in pain. telling officers he's a dialysis patient -- >> i'm on dialysis, m

it shows officer jacob brown striking aaron larry bowman with a flashlight 18 times. the assault left in with a broken jaw, wrist, three broken ribs, six stitches on his head. louisiana state police waited 536 days to open an investigation and only did so after bowman brought a civil lawsuit. last december, state prosecutors charged officer brown with aggravated battery and malfeasance in office. those charges remain on hold pending a federal investigation. ground is from the state police unit known as troupe f, whose officers killed ronald greene, a 49-year-old black man, by taser in, punching, and dragging him ring an arrest in 2019. troupe f is under an internal investigation looking into whether white officers are systematically targeting black motorist for abuse. amy: in climate news, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration reports atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide reached their highest levels in human history in 2020, averaging more than 412 parts per million. that's despite a modest slowdown in emissions due to the coronavirus pandemic. noaa also

from may 2019 appears to show now former louisiana state police officer jacob brown beating aaron larry bowmanwman down. >> they were zstanding around watching. he wasn't trying to help me. i was asking for the help. they wasn't helping me. they just let him continue on hitting me with the flashlight. >> reporter: trooper brown is seen swinging what appears to be a flashlight repeatedly striking bowman while he's face down on the ground with his hands behind his head. bowman's attorney saying brown hit their client 18 times in just 24 seconds. >> i haven't did nothing, man. >> fine. this ain't gonna help you, bud. >> i'm not fighting. >> you are. >> reporter: bowman can be heard moaning saying, it hurt me. >> he hit me in the head with a flashlight. >> reporter: bowman was left with multiple laceration, a fractured arm and broken ribs according to court documents. >> i was so scared. all i could do was holler. i thought i was gonna die. >> reporter: this video was from more than two years ago but was recently turned over to bowman's attorneys. state police releasing a statement in december say