Brooklyn arrest video spurs police misconduct inquiry
TL;DR
Video footage circulating online shows two NYPD officers from the Narcotics Bureau repeatedly punching, kicking and dragging a man during a Brooklyn arrest. The officers were stripped of their weapons and shields, placed on desk duty, and placed under Internal Affairs investigation; Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch called the videos deeply disturbing, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned them.
- Videos Show Officers Beating Man During Arrest in Brooklyn The New York Times
- Mayor Mamdani says 'disturbing' video of NYPD arrest at liquor store in Brooklyn under investigation ABC7 New York
- ‘Upsetting’: Tisch places two NYPD cops on modified duty after viral video of Brooklyn liquor store beating amNewYork
- Man beaten by police in bloody caught-on-video incident in Brooklyn PIX11
- Mamdani rips ‘extremely disturbing’ violence by NYPD cops in viral liquor store arrest of wrong suspect New York Post
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