American police of Los Angeles seen on video striking unarmed homeless  man repeatedly in Boyle Heights is charged with assault. The victim wasn't even resisting 

Frank Hernandez, 49, faces one felony count of assault under color of authority.

By Edward Era Barbacena

An american police officer of Los Angeles who was caught on video repeatedly striking an unarmed trespassing suspect in Boyle Heights has been charged with assault, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.

Frank Hernandez, 49, faces one felony count of assault under color of authority.

“This is a disturbing case of the illegal use of force at the hands of a police officer,” District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a news release. “In this case, we believe the force was neither legally necessary nor reasonable.”

The charge comes as protesters around the world decry police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis officers. In Los Angeles, Lacey has been a particular target of protesters who say she has not been tough enough on police.

The incident unfolded on April 27, when Hernandez and his partner responded to a call about a trespasser in a vacant lot in the 2400 block of Houston Street, Los Angeles Police Department officials said at the time.

Video recorded by a bystander from across the street shows the officers detaining a man on a sidewalk by a church.

There is a verbal exchange between the 28-year-old man and the officer, later determined to be Hernandez, before Hernandez strikes the man several times in the head while screaming expletives.

Video shows the man crouched down as he asks the officer “What is wrong with you?”