X17 XCLUSIVE - BECKHAM BODYGARDS BEAT DOWN PAP!!!

WHILE SOME PHOTOGS WERE WITH DAVID BECKHAM IN BEVERLY HILLS, BECKS GOT TOTALLY ANGRY WITH THE SNAPPERS, JUMPED OUT OF HIS CAR AT A RED LIGHT, AND REACHED INSIDE THE PAPS' CAR TO GRAB ONE PHOTOG'S CAMERAS!!!

THEN ... BECKHAM'S BODYGUARDS GOT OUT OF THEIR CAR (BECKS ALWAYS HAS AN ESCORT OF AT LEAST ONE CAR WITH AT LEAST TWO BODYGUARDS) AND CAME TO DAVID'S "AID." ONE GUY REACHED INSIDE THE CAR TO HELP POOR DAVID GRAB THE PAP'S CAMERA AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING IT -- HE PROCEEDED TO THROW IT IN A NEARBY GARBAGE CAN!!!

YO, DUDE! THAT'S $8000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT!

THEN, THE PHOTOG GOT OUT OF HIS CAR TO RETRIEVE THE CAMERA AND THE BEAT DOWN BEGAN! THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS SMACKED TO THE GROUND AND KICKED WHEN HE WAS DOWN ...

THE COPS WERE CALLED.

THE PAP WAS CHECKED OUT BY THE EMT AND NO BONES WERE BROKEN ... POLICE OFFICERS ASKED THE PHOTOGRAPHER IF HE WANTED BECKHAM'S BODYGUARDS TO BE ARRESTED AND HE SAID NO!!!

A TAPE AND CAMERA CARD WERE TAKEN BY POLICE AS EVIDENCE AND THESE (ABOVE PIX) ARE THE ONLY SHOTS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

BUT STAY TUNED FOR THE VIDEO -- WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THE TAPE OF THE INCIDENT FROM THE POLICE ...

Meanwhile, check out video of the cops handling the bodyguards and other photographers questioning the b'guards as they walk, with their tails between their legs, back to their car to leave ...







And check out the video of Emicles DeMata telling his side of the story: