What began as an undercover drug operation in Cobble Hill ended with a bloody arrest caught on camera in nearby Gowanus.
“They started punching him right away, and they said, ‘We saw you make a sale,’” witness Abelee Moran said.
What You Need To Know
- What began as an undercover drug operation in Cobble Hill ended with a bloody arrest caught on camera in nearby Gowanus
- Police said officers were in the area as part of a planned undercover drug operation targeting complaints about street-level crack sales in the neighborhood
- An undercover officer bought drugs from another man nearby, and officers then approached someone they believed was connected, according to authorities
- Police said the man was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration, but not charged in connection to the drug sale after determining he was not involved
Moran took cellphone video of NYPD officers repeatedly punching a man and sending him into shelves of wine bottles, shattering on impact…