Monday, September 8, 2014

Video shows NYPD officers beating man during routine noise disturbance call

Salon.com's Johanna Rothkopf notes this local report on a young man in the Bronx who was violently beaten by NYPD officers responding to routine noise disturbance. The video shows the two officers stop-and-frisk the young man. After more officers arrive, it shows them kicking him and hitting him with nightsticks and fists.

NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau is reportedly investigating the incident.

https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/civil_rights/2014/09/video-shows-nypd-officers-beating-man-during-routine-noise-disturbance-call.html

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