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The M.O. was the same in that neighborhood: 6 officers swooped in, they beat up a handful of men, and leave them there to tend to their wounds. We spoke to an area resident by phone - and have footage from that area last night:

Voice of: Eye Witness
"They came in 3 trucks and just started to swing. My brother was one of the young men. He does not give any trouble; he is a business man. My brother was knocked out/passed out on the ground. These things are not right because they have ways in dealing with things. They have to realize that there are children out here. They have families and all they do is frustrate men and bring out more anger in them. We as women, we are hardworking, we abide by the rules but the way how they come and treat people, this isn't right. They don't say why, when we try to come in they push my mom and I away. They just came and started to swing and kick; those things are not right. They are in pain; they can't even move when they were done. Those things aren't right, I think those guys have families, how will you be beating up a man like that? Taking men and throwing them in mud and water like that, those things are not right."

Just like the other incidents no one was arrested and no one detained. The GSU truck simply left the scene, leaving the unsuspecting victims nursing their injuries.

GSU Commander, Superintendent Mark Flowers told us that he doesn't know about those reports, and could only say that his officers had been deployed to take part in an operation by Southside police last night.

But, while the GSU commander says that he knows nothing, only 2 days ago, Assistant Police Commissioner Chester Williams, the Southside Commander promised that his strategy for dealing with the recent crimes in his jurisdiction would be strict but without police brutality.

Here's what he had to say only a the day before:

ACP Chester Williams, OC, Eastern Division South
"I will tell you that we can only do so much and there will come a time when the talking will have to stop and those who constantly want to be out there to commit criminal acts will have to feel the wrath of the police. When I say that, I do not want to be misquoted, so let me define what that means. It simply means that the police will be out there in full force targeting those persons who are constantly trailing or lurking around looking for people to shoot or kill. We will be after them; it does not mean that we will pursue them in any criminal way, i.e. to physically abuse them. There is a million ways to skin a cat and we're going to do it in a way that is consistent with the law."

Police sent out no press release reporting on last night's operation.