Two white narcotics officers with the New York City Police Department were caught on video beating a Black man in a liquor store.
A video shared on Instagram showed the two officers as they grabbed the man for unknown reasons. The officers quickly began punching the suspect. At one point, the man’s head is slammed into a shelf full of glass bottles.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned what he saw on the video.
“The violence used by NYPD officers in this video is extremely disturbing and unacceptable. Officers should never treat a person this way,” Mamdani wrote on Wednesday on X. “The NYPD is conducting a full investigation into this incident.”
A police source told the New York Daily News that the man matched the description of someone who allegedly just made a drug purchase. The suspect, however, was said to have no drugs on him when he was arrested.
“It is upsetting to view,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch noted. “I believe that the two officers have been or are being modified at this time.”
The officers were reportedly placed on modified duty while the investigation was conducted.
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