Authorities ordered an investigation Thursday into a video that shows a group of California deputies kicking and punching a suspect dozens of times, even though he was on the ground and appeared to have his hands behind his back. <br /> <br />Sen Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon called the incident "disturbing" and ordered an internal investigation, according to the Los Angeles Times. <br /> <br />The video, captured by a news chopper from local TV station KNBC, shows a man falling off a horse to the ground and being stunned with a Taser. The man is then set upon by as many as 11 deputies who beat him for about two minutes. <br /> <br />The man on the horse, 30-year-old Francis Pusok, was a suspect in an identity-theft investigation, according to the Los Angeles Times. Pusok kicked off a three-hour-long police chase when he fled an Apple Valley, Calif. home where deputies had arrived to serve a search warrant in that case, the newspaper reported. <br /> <br />At one point, Pusok abandoned his vehicle and stole a horse, sheriff's department spokeswoman Cindy Bachman told the newspaper. Deputies intercepted him and used a taser on him, but the sheriff's department said the move was "ineffective due to [Pusok's] loose clothing," according to the report. <br /> <br />Pusok was taken to the hospital in unknown condition, according to the Times. Two of the deputies were also taken to the hospital for dehydration while a third was treated after being kicked by the horse.
