The mayor and the police union are also calling for a “thorough” investigation of the incident.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.A New York City police officer has been suspended without pay while the department investigates an incidenton Tuesday that appears to show an officer repeatedly punching a girl as he attempts to break up a fight near a middle school on Staten Island.
The eight-second video appears to show an officer holding a girl with one hand and punching her with the other while she is doubled over, backing away and swinging her left arm back at him. Two other officers are in the frame, though their actions are mostly obscured by the crowd. A group of young people surrounds them, some recording on cell phones and screaming. One boy tries to pull the girl away.“You can’t do that!” another person shouts.
“I hope that we get away from the place that the numerical minority that does something incorrect is a reflection of the professionals in this city,” Adams said. “And people know the countless number of police officers run toward danger, not away from danger, and we should be proud of having a police department with the level of restraint that they show.”
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