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Video of woman repeatedly punched by New Jersey cop during underage drinking arrest is 'alarming': Police chief

A New Jersey police officer was recorded repeatedly punching a Philadelphia woman as they wrestled on the ground at a New Jersey beach over the Memorial Day weekend.
Alexis Hewitt A video made its rounds on social media showing police officers wrestling a woman to the ground and punching her in the head at a beach in Wildwood, N.J., May 26, 2018.

Alexis Hewitt A video made its rounds on social media showing police officers wrestling a woman to the ground and punching her in the head at a beach in Wildwood, N.J., May 26, 2018.

Video of the confrontation, which took place in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Saturday around 4 p.m., has been viewed over 2 million times on Twitter.

The footage shows multiple Wildwood Police Department officers working in concert to subdue a woman they identified as Emily Weinman, a 20-year-old from Philadelphia, who is seen flailing her arms and legs in a one-piece black swimsuit.

PHOTO: A video made its rounds on social media showing police officers wrestling a woman to the ground and punching her in the head at a beach in Wildwood, N.J., May 26, 2018.
Alexis Hewitt

The cops manage to wrestle Weinman to the sand and one is seen throwing three punches with his right fist downward onto her head, while another pins her legs.

Numerous beachgoers circling the melee can be heard repeatedly warning Weinman, "Stop resisting."

Weinman faces charges of aggravated assault on a police officer, aggravated assault by spitting bodily fluids at/on a police officer, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, obstruction and possession of alcohol by a minor.

PHOTO: A video made its rounds on social media showing police officers wrestling a woman to the ground and punching her in the head at a beach in Wildwood, N.J., May 26, 2018.
Alexis Hewitt

Alexis Hewitt was sleeping on a towel next to Weinman when she heard the commotion and woke up. She confirmed to ABC News that she shot video of the altercation.

"When she fell that's basically when it caught my eye because everyone was yelling and I woke up, and I got my camera out right when she went down," Hewitt told Philadelphia ABC station WPVI.

After Hewitt's video went viral the Wildwood Police Department put out a release that an internal investigation was opened and the officers involved in the arrest of Weinman "have been reassigned to administrative duty" pending its outcome.

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