NY police officer suspended after new video shows brutality

[Tom Joad]

Check out the video.

There are 4 cops holding this kid down against the hood of a car and then a 5th one in plain clothes just rushes in and takes a couple of cheap shots.

Disgusting.

http://news.yahoo.com/ny-police-offi...044057673.html


NY police officer suspended after new video shows brutality
Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City police officer who appears to punch a black youth during an arrest that was captured on video and widely circulated on the Internet has been suspended from duty, the department said on Friday.

The posting of the footage follows weeks of protests across the country over recent cases of police violence toward unarmed black men, including one in which a New York City man died after an officer placed him in a banned chokehold.

In the eight-minute video posted on YouTube on Wednesday, a plainclothes white officer can be seen rushing up to several uniformed officers struggling to handcuff a black youth and apparently striking him at least twice. Police said the suspect is 16 years old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cO2BLmc6yQ