the lawyer for deputy kurt franklin says yes. >> when you consider the strikes that tracey watson and's strikes were within departmental policy. they were where they were supposed to be. they did not number more than he needed to do in order to gain compliance. >> but lawyers for the immigrants say the video clearly shows they offered no resistance. >> we're talking about a five foot woman who weighed about 95 pounds and a man who was 5'5", weighed 150 pounds, had already been subdued. the officers who beat and apprehended these two persons, not only acted excessively with great cruelty but were totally unrestrained in what they had done. >> as a result of the beating and the videotape, the two deputies are suspended. but after an internal investigation, franklin is reinstated, though watson is fired. the victims file a $10 million lawsuit against riverside county, california. but the case never gets to a jury. the two sides decide to settle and each of the victims receives $370,000. all because the actions of two policemen were caught on tape. >> i think without this videotape, it wo