The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the conduct of thee Arkansas police officers who were filmed punching and kicking a suspect while he was on the ground.

The clip, which was captured on Sunday by a bystander, went vial on social media platforms, sparking outrage against the three officers. It showed the officers meting kicks and blows indiscriminately on the suspect, all the while as he was on the ground.

Following that incident, the U.S. Justice Department field office in Western Arkansas issued a statement saying it will work with the civil rights division and the FBI to investigate the incident.

Police brutality continues to make headlines in the U.S. despite multiple efforts to tame the vice.

Just last month, former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, convicted last year of murdering George Floyd, was sentenced to 21 years in prison on separate federal charges of violating Floyd's civil rights after the officer and his colleagues chocked him to death during an arrest in May 2020 arrest.

Chauvin, who pleaded guilty to the federal charges in December, is already serving a sentence of 22.5 years in a Minnesota prison for Floyd's murder after a trial in state court last year.

That same month, two other former Minneapolis police officers were sentenced on federal charges for their roles in the killing. J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced to three years in prison while Tou Thao to three and a half years.