NYPD investigates after video shows two officers punching and kicking man | NYPD
The New York police department has launched an internal investigation after videos posted online showed two officers repeatedly punching and kicking a man they were trying to arrest on Tuesday.
One expression On Wednesday, New York City police commissioner Jessica Tisch said: “There are multiple videos circulating online of an incident involving two members of the NYPD at a store in Brooklyn yesterday.
“These videos are extremely disturbing and the matter is being actively investigated by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau,” he said, adding that the two officers involved were placed on desk duty and had their weapons and shields taken away while the investigation continues.
The police department said officers engaged in a “planned and supervised” undercover drug operation in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill neighborhood on Tuesday, but they mistakenly targeted the wrong man.
According to police, the man “fit the description” of a man they were looking for who had been involved in drug dealing earlier that day.
However, police said it was “later determined” that the man in the video “was not involved in drug sales.”
Videos Footage of the incident shows two officers repeatedly punching, kicking and dragging the man on the ground while trying to arrest him.
The man in the video was initially charged with resisting arrest and obstructing government administration and was given a desk ticket. But Brooklyn district attorney Eric Gonzalez said: CBS News We were told the charge would be dropped on Wednesday.
“This individual was not charged with any crime related to drug sales because it was later determined that he was not involved in drug sales,” police said.
The incident drew immediate condemnation from city leaders.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has had some disagreements and also confrontations with Tisch over policing issues in recent months. criticism – from some police unions over its response to a snowball fight incident in February in question “The violence used by NYPD officers in this video is deeply disturbing and unacceptable.
“Officers should never treat a person this way,” he added. “NYPD is conducting a full investigation into this incident.”
Other city leaders and lawmakers also condemned the incident.
New York City comptroller Mark Levine also condemned the incidentcalled the video “extremely disturbing and unacceptable behavior by members of law enforcement.”
“Commissioner Tisch rightly launched an investigation,” he said.
Brooklyn city councilman Lincoln Restler described He called the incident “extremely disturbing” and called for the officers to be “immediately suspended and ultimately terminated.”
Another Brooklyn city council member, Shahana Hanif, also held a press conference On Wednesday, he demanded “justice for my constituent who was brutally beaten by two police officers.”
“These officers must be held fully accountable,” he said.
Hanif said he has been in contact with Mamdani as well as Tisch and the Brooklyn district attorney’s office.
“I appreciate the Commissioner’s swift action to remove officers’ firearms and badges and the DA’s decision to drop charges against my constituents,” he said.
