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PHOENIX - A Phoenix Police officer who resigned after being accused of assaulting a man in handcuffs is seen on newly released body camera footage striking the man multiple times.

What we know:

It took four years for the footage to be released, but on Wednesday, FOX 10 obtained the video of the 2021 incident involving then-probationary officer Conner Orth-Smith.

On July 16, 2021, Orth-Smith, then 23, responded to a trespassing call at a local hospital where security guards had a man on the ground. Orth-Smith helped place the man in handcuffs and offered to give him a ride off the property instead of pursuing prosecution.

The man, who the officer believed to be drunk, was placed in the back of the squad car.

"I'm not here to argue with you," Orth-Smith is heard saying

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