The Brief
- Video shows two NYPD officers repeatedly punching, kicking, and dragging a suspect who was reportedly resisting arrest at a Brooklyn liquor store.
- The NYPD has placed both officers on modified duty pending a full internal review.
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani addressed the video, calling the officers’ use of violence “extremely disturbing and unacceptable.”
NEW YORK CITY – Two NYPD officers are being placed on modified duty after video surfaced of an arrest that quickly took a violent and chaotic turn.
What we know:
The officers attempted to arrest a suspect who reportedly resisted at a liquor store on Hoyt and Baltic streets on Tuesday. A high-place source tells FOX 5 NY’s Linda Schmidt that the veteran Brooklyn North narcotics detectives believed the man was involved in a drug sale.…