Video Shows White NYC Cop Repeatedly Punching Young Black Male
By Brendan James
In a video posted online, a white plainclothes New York City cop was seen running up to a young black male being placed under arrest and punching him several times in the torso.
The footage, shot from the sidewalk, shows several officers surrounding a young male on the hood of a car, the New York Daily News reported on Friday.
Suddenly, what appeared to be a plainclothes officer ran into frame and began punching the young male as the other cops continued to press him against the car.
"Hey, hey, hey stop it! Get off of him!" a woman outside of the shot shouted.
"He's 12! Why did you just do that?" another woman is heard saying to the police. "I'm a lawyer, I can't believe you just did that."
The crowd continued to confront the police over the course of the 8-minute video, which eventually showed another young man against the hood of a different car complaining and shouting at the cops.
NYPD Internal Affairs was investigating the episode, police told the paper.
Police said the two were arrested for assaulting someone with a cane. The date of the apparent assault remains unclear.
h/t Gawker
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