A police officer in the Seattle area has been taken off active duty after video appeared to show him repeatedly punching a shirtless suspect in the head while holding him down in the middle of a busy roadway.

Andrew Bryant, an officer with the Auburn Police Department, was placed on administrative leave after footage captured the confrontation during a violent arrest Wednesday afternoon.

The video shows Bryant straddling the suspect and striking his head and face for more than 20 seconds as motorists remained stopped nearby and watched the incident unfold.

The force of the blows left the officer with significant injuries to his hands, according to police.

The encounter has triggered an independent criminal investigation by the neighboring Renton Police Department, in addition to an internal review by Auburn police.

Relatives identified the suspect as Mauro Alberto Felix Valles. Police said he had been moving through traffic and trying to enter passing vehicles before officers arrived.

An 18-minute police video shows the shirtless man crossing multiple lanes while drivers slow down and maneuver around him.

Bryant is then seen walking toward Valles in the roadway while repeatedly ordering him to stop and get on the ground.

‘Hey, you’re under arrest. Get on the ground! Do it now! Get on the ground! Hey!’ the officer shouts.

When Valles keeps moving, Bryant issues another warning.

‘Hey, get on the ground right now! Are you going to get tased?’

Valles does not comply, and Bryant deploys his Taser, causing him to fall to the ground.

Instead of ending the encounter, however, the arrest quickly turns into a physical struggle.

Bryant climbs onto Valles and tries to pull his arms behind his back so he can apply handcuffs.

Valles appears to twist and resist as the officer attempts to restrain him. Bryant then begins striking the suspect repeatedly in the head and face.

A nearby traffic camera captures Bryant seated on top of Valles as he repeatedly drives his fists toward the man’s head.

At one stage, the officer’s body-worn camera falls off although it continues recording audio and the exertion with which Bryant is raining down blows upon Valles can be heard.

Another camera captures the violent confrontation from above, showing the officer continuing to strike the man as he lies on the road.

The suspect can be heard shouting as the struggle continues, with Bryant staying  on top of him until additional officers arrive.

Bodycam footage shows it ultimately took four officers to bring the man under control and secure him in handcuffs.

Even after being restrained, the man continued screaming and resisting, prompting firefighters to attend the scene to help calm him.

Both the suspect and Bryant were subsequently taken to local hospitals for evaluations.

Bryant required medical attention for his hands following the confrontation. 

Police initially said the man did not appear to have suffered serious injuries, although his relatives have since claimed he sustained a concussion and other physical injuries. 

Valles’ family has said he was experiencing a mental health crisis at the time of the confrontation.

Police booked him on allegations of non-felony drug possession, disorderly conduct, obstruction and attempted assault.

He subsequently posted bond and was released from custody on Thursday. As of Friday, prosecutors had not filed formal criminal charges against him.

The Auburn Police Department released body-worn camera, dashboard camera and traffic surveillance recordings following the encounter.

‘We understand the concern surrounding the October 28 incident,’ the department said in a statement.

‘The officer involved in the incident on Auburn Way North and 37th ST NE was placed on administrative leave yesterday pending a full investigation.’

Police insisted they were treating the allegations seriously.

‘The Auburn Police Department takes all officer-involved incidents seriously and treats these investigations with the utmost urgency.’

‘We are committed to conducting a thorough and impartial investigation, maintaining transparency throughout the process, and ensuring fair treatment for everyone involved.’

A 47-year-old New York mother is facing a legal battle over a frozen embryo created with her estranged husband as she tries to have a second child.

Erin Millender spent years undergoing in vitro fertilization after holding onto her dream of becoming a mother. In September, she gave birth to a daughter using one of the embryos she created with her husband, Adam Rubin, ABC News reported.

Millender, an attorney at AI and software infrastructure firm Hyperscience, and Rubin began IVF treatment soon after marrying, following doctors’ advice that she was infertile.

The emotional and physical strain of the fertility process eventually put pressure on the marriage. Rubin, 45, who works in the HVAC industry, filed for divorce in June 2023, he told the outlet.

Millender said she understood that the couple needed time apart, but was caught off guard when Rubin decided he wanted to end the marriage altogether.

“I think we were both really struggling under the weight of all the pressure,” Millender said. She believed they needed a temporary separation, which to her meant taking space at home and allowing each other time to reflect and calm down.

Before the divorce case moved forward, the couple learned that two embryos had developed successfully. Millender then pursued an embryo transfer, despite Rubin’s objections.

Rubin said Millender told him she no longer wanted to continue couples therapy before arranging to undergo the transfer on her own.

“In June of 2023, I let her know that she should find [legal] counsel [for a divorce]. I revoked my consent to use the embryo,” Rubin recalled.

Although Rubin attempted to prevent the transfer, a Brooklyn court ruled in Millender’s favor in December 2025, granting her possession of the two embryos, according to the report.

Millender said the judge considered several issues, with the most important appearing to be the unequal impact of time on each spouse’s reproductive options.

“Medically, I was told that these embryos were my only realistic chance of being a biological mother,” she told the outlet.

Under New York law, embryos are treated as unique biological material with a “special character.” Courts also review any agreements the parties signed before making a final decision.

Millender and Rubin signed two agreements with NYU Langone Fertility Clinic. The first, completed in 2021, stated that the embryo would be donated for scientific research if the couple separated or divorced.

A second agreement signed in 2023 instead directed that the embryo be transferred to “the partner stipulated in the divorce or dissolution settlement or other binding agreement,” according to the publication.

Rubin said he was stunned when he learned that the court had awarded Millender control of the embryos.

“My heart sank,” Rubin said. “Never at any point in time did I think that, by signing these contracts, they should protect me from a situation where I don’t have control of my own genetic material.”

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His attorney, Morgan Mazor, told ABC News that this case could potentially rewrite reproductive rights laws.

‘The law right now is very clear, it’s the contract. The law has been so clear because [the courts] don’t want to touch the issue of whether or not this property should be given this special consideration,’ Mazor explained. 

‘In New York, you’re allowed to get an abortion, if we start saying, “We have to give it special consideration because there’s going to be a child,” we are creating a platform for somebody to say, “If it’s a child in a divorce situation, why isn’t it a child for an abortion situation?”‘

After the ruling, Rubin filed an appeal, but Millender had already become pregnant with one of the embryos. 

The two of them had shown up for court in mid-March when Rubin spotted his now-pregnant wife, Millender told The New York Times in May. Her lawyer informed Rubin a day before the hearing, she said. 

At first, Rubin was happy for her because he thought that she had possibly met someone new, but then it hit him. 

‘And within a few seconds, I realized what happened. And there is no way to describe that feeling,’ he recalled. 

Now that she had given birth to her first child, Millender said she is determined to try and have a second child with the remaining embryo.

‘While the idea of being a single mom of two over 50 is very daunting, it was always my intention to give both of these embryos a chance at life,’ she said. 

‘I still feel incredibly bonded to those lives.’ 

Millender and Rubin’s divorce is still not finalized, and their legal battle has only gotten more intense and confusing.  

‘My life has basically been on hold with more questions than answers. It’s tough to heal from all this when you’re still stuck in the middle of it,’ he shared. 

His estranged wife said the past few years have not been easy, and not ‘the circumstances that I had ever hoped to bring a child into the world under.’ 

‘I have a lot of regret about that. But now is when I focus on making sure that I do everything I can to let my child know that they were made with love and intentionality and to give them the most joyful life that I can,’ she added. 

Millender started a GoFundMe page before the birth of ‘Baby Girl Millender,’ she said. 

On October 21, she announced that the child was born and thanked those who donated for their generosity. 

‘For now, we’re safe and surrounded by family. But our joy is tempered by the reality that we still have no permanent home secured beyond the end of this year. If you feel moved to continue sharing our story and this fundraiser, it would mean the world to us,’ Millender wrote. 

The Daily Mail contacted Millender and Mazor for comment.  

President Donald Trump interrupted a pre-midterm campaign rally in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Friday after struggling to keep one eye open and stopping to wipe it, just days before voters go to the polls.

About halfway through the event, Trump dipped a napkin into a cup of water and used it to wipe his eye, briefly breaking off from his remarks to supporters ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections.

‘Do you mind? I got a thing in my eye, watch this,’ Trump said.

‘Ah, that’s so much better,’ he added before throwing the remaining water from his cup toward the audience behind him.

‘I wish I had little eye drops,’ Trump continued.

He then ridiculed critics who had speculated that health concerns explained his earlier decision to cancel two rallies scheduled for the weekend.

‘If I did, they’d say I was seriously ill, that there’s something wrong with me,’ he said. 

The 80-year-old president had abruptly called off rallies in Kansas and Iowa, prompting questions about his health even as he insisted that he felt ‘perfect.’

Both appearances were reinstated later on Friday, ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections.

The eye-wiping incident occurred roughly an hour into Trump’s Daytona Beach rally, where he was campaigning in elections that will decide control of Congress.

The rally began nearly an hour behind schedule, a delay that has become familiar at Trump’s events, particularly since his 2024 general election campaign.

On Thursday, Trump launched into a body-shaming attack on a reporter who asked whether he had dropped the Kansas rally because he was ‘sick of travel.’

The president was returning from a South Carolina rally on Thursday afternoon and heading to the White House for Halloween celebrations with First Lady Melania Trump when he was questioned about the Kansas cancellation.

Trump had been due in Salina, Kansas, on Saturday to support Republican Senator Roger Marshall, who is facing an unexpectedly close reelection contest. Instead, he abandoned the scheduled appearance and planned tele-rallies from Mar-a-Lago, while also canceling a rally in Dubuque, Iowa. Both events have since been reinstated.

‘Oh, you’re sick to ask that question. You are sick,’ Trump told the Reuters reporter, asking who he worked for before calling him a ‘dope.’

He went on to say, ‘Look at this guy. He’s way out of shape. Look at how badly…,’ before adding, ‘You are disgusting. Put yourself in shape. You look like hell.’

Trump then moved along the line of reporters, continuing to voice his frustration.

‘He comes to me. “Sir, you’re not going to go to Kansas.” I’m not going to Kansas because he’s doing very well. I’m going to do a tele-rally. Tomorrow I’m doing Florida. He said, “What’s the reason?” After doing what? 28. He says, “What’s the reason for this, sir, that you’re not going to Kansas?”‘ Trump said, recounting the exchange that had taken place moments earlier.

‘You know what the reason is?’ Trump asked. ‘I don’t feel like I have to go to Kansas.’

Earlier during Friday’s event, Trump was interrupted by at least three protesters whom he claimed were being paid by billionaire Democratic donor George Soros.

One of the protesters was a man wearing a shirt emblazoned with ‘Release the Files, ‘ an apparent reference to the files regarding convicted pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Friday’s rally also saw Republicans unleash blistering attacks on Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

Republican congressman Randy Fine, one of Omar’s colleagues in the US House of Representatives, used his appearance to launch an extraordinary broadside against Democrats and single out Omar, as well as Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

‘Many of the Democrats in Congress, they hate America,’ Fine told the rally crowd. ‘It isn’t that they have a different vision for this country. It is their goal to seek our destruction,’ he added.

Fine claimed Omar, Tlaib and Mamdani ‘seek to overrun us with Third-World migrants who do not share our values or our faith, and who do not respect our heritage or our history.’

He then vowed to file a motion to ‘expel’ Omar from Congress ‘if the evidence shows’ that she ‘is not a citizen of the United States.’

Trump later targeted Omar, saying she shouldn’t be allowed to serve in Congress as well.

The president also doubled down and made an eye-catching financial promise to voters, repeating his pledge to give $5,000 to every adult American citizen if Republicans win control of both the House and Senate, although he made them pledge that they would not spend the money abroad.

In his typical ‘weave’ fashion, Trump rapidly danced between subjects throughout the speech, at one point reminiscing about his hit NBC show The Apprentice.

‘If I did not do ‘The Apprentice,’ would I still be president?’ Trump asked, prompting supporters to insist he would.

He also turned his attention to the ongoing war with Iran, arguing Tehran had been waging war against the United States for decades.

‘America did not start the war with Iran. Iran has been waging war with America since 1979, killing thousands and thousands of people,’ Trump said.

‘We’ve taken the nuclear capabilities out of the hands of Iran,’ he added while touting US military strikes.

Trump also celebrated the January arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, declaring: ‘We love the Venezuelan people. We won the war with Venezuela.’

Florida Republicans, meanwhile, used the rally to make their closing pitches before Election Day.

Gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds ripped Democratic opponent David Jolly, a former Republican, as a ‘failed Republican’ and a ‘fraud.’

‘David Jolly is a Jolly come lately,’ Donalds joked.

Republican Senator Ashley Moody also attacked Democratic challenger Angie Nixon, declaring there were ‘stark differences’ between the candidates and branding her an ‘actual communist’ while pointing to her affiliation with the Democratic Socialists of America.

‘In four short days, I’m going to be your next governor,’ Donalds told the cheering crowd.