SEABROOK, N.H. – An aspiring rapper may seek a lawsuit against a local police department because of lasting injuries he claims were suffered during an alleged beating he received while in police custody — an incident that has been captured on video. Mike " MJB " Bergeron, a Seabrook resident, has posted a Seabrook police station surveillance video on YouTube that Bergeron claims shows Seabrook police officers slamming him face-first into a cinderblock wall and pepper spraying him while he was already on the floor. The video is posted above this story. RELATED STORIES:

The alleged police brutality occurred following Bergeron's driving while intoxicated arrest on Nov. 11, 2009. The video was posted Monday and began surfacing in multiple channels within the community shortly thereafter.Seabrook Town Manager Bill Manzi, who confirmed the existence of video to Patch on Jan. 6, said Tuesday that three of the officers shown in the video "have been placed on administrative leave" pending the "results" of the town's "comprehensive investigation into the incident."Bergeron explains his version of the incident in his description of the 3-minute, 46-second video, which had garnered over 6,000 views and roughly 50 comments as of the morning of Jan. 7:Bergeron couldn't immediately be reached for additional comment.Manzi declined to disclose the names of the officers and other details about the incident on Jan. 7.He said the town's investigation "will focus on adherence to established Seabrook Police Department protocols and procedures," and that Police Chief Lee Bitomske and other town officials wouldn't comment publicly about the matter on Jan. 7.