Bronx father alleges police brutality resulted in brain injury: ‘They are the criminals’

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A Bronx father was back in the hospital Friday after suffering a brain injury last weekend — one he says was at the hands of New York City police.

Several videos obtained by PIX11 News show part of the arrest in which Sammy Santiago suffers several punches to the head after officers said the man advanced toward them.

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Officers in the 41st Precinct were responding to noise complaints on Hunts Point Avenue last Saturday night and are now facing brutality complaints.

The video shows punches being thrown, not by the man being arrested, but by the officers handcuffing him…

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