A witness told police Delonte initiated the Jan. 20th fight by hitting the other man with a glass bottle.
-- The officer suspected of leaking the video has been suspended, according to Prince George's County PD Chief Hank Stawinski.
"[The witness] told officers that she observed the handcuffed male [West] first hit the other with a glass bottle and that man responded by striking the one who had thrown the bottle several times," cops say. One of the men was bleeding from the face when cops arrived. However, both men refused medical assistance and refused to press charges against the other, cops say.
Goodwin tells us West is currently recovering from the attack with family members but desperately needs medical attention.
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