Video: CCTV: New York police caught on camera 'beating homeless man' The man, identified as Ehud Halevi, was allegedly resisting arrest for sleeping in a synagogue outreach centre on October 8. Local news reports said that the man had obtained permission to stay the night in the centre, and had been sleeping in the space for a month. But the video shows the shirtless and shoeless man being beaten by two officers. He was allegedly also pepper sprayed before being arrested. On Monday New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind called the alleged beating "unconscionable" and called for the officers in the video to be suspended. These officers must be suspended if they have not yet been suspended. They could not be out there protecting the public we need to be protected from them. And the New York City Police Department, the commissioner needs to do everything to make sure that these things don't happen," he said. According local news Mr Halevi is being charged with assaulting a police officer, trespassing, resisting arrest and harassment. He can face up to five years in prison for assaulting an officer but is currently out on bail. The NYPD has yet to comment on the incident. Video courtesy: crownheights.com