WATCH: Video Captures Man Beating Police Officer as Onlookers Cheer

A North Carolina police officer was beaten during a Facebook Live video while some onlookers laughed and cheered on the attacker.

“Let ’em whup his a–! Let ’em whup his a–!” one man is heard saying in a nearly 11-minute video of the attack.

“Don’t you let that man take you to f—in’ jail!” was also heard being yelled. . .

The incident unfolded Saturday when 27-year-old Michael Sale with the Rowland Police Department was trying to make an arrest. He was the only officer on duty at the time, and it took other police officials additional time to provide backup.

He was airlifted to a local hospital suffering a suspected broken bone around his eye. (Read more from “WATCH: Video Captures Man Beating Police Officer as Onlookers Cheer” HERE)

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