The Pueblo Police Department is defending its officers' actions following a recent arrest that drew outrage on social media after a citizen news page likened their use of force to the 2020 murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.

The suspect seen in the video was cited by Pueblo police on a charge of first-degree trespass — theft from a motor vehicle, after allegedly stealing an item from a vehicle at a nearby gas station, according to police.

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