Constable defends deputy's actions in taped altercation with 15-year-old girl

A Harris County Constable Precinct 4 deputy is back on the street despite a controversial video that surfaced this weekend that some claim showed him using inappropriate force.

Over the weekend, Twitter user @toorealdevin posted a video showing a deputy intervening in a Saturday night altercation in Humble between a 15-year-old subject and another Precinct 4 deputy. The video shows the second officer rushing in and striking the subject multiple times while the subject and the fellow deputy tussled on the ground.

Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman told ABC13 that the incident began when the female deputy constable was called to the scene of a domestic disturbance and encountered the subject walking with a group away from the area.

On Monday, Precinct 4 Assistant Chief Deputy Wally Wieghat said the deputy was attempting to break a chokehold the female subject had a female deputy.

Weighat also denied that the officer struck the teen in the face, instead saying the officer was striking the subject's hands in order to break the chokehold. The deputy engaged in the chokehold received several injuries in the altercation, Weighat said, including bite marks.

Weighat said the deputy's body camera bore out their version of the facts, but would not release the video, citing the impending investigation.

The subject has been charged with aggravated assault on a police officer.