NYPD: Officers on modified duty after botched drug bust, violent arrest caught on video
Gothamist • • nation
Key Points:
- Two NYPD officers have been placed on modified duty after video showed them punching and kicking a man during a drug bust, who was later found not to be the suspect they were seeking.
- NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch condemned the incident, removing the officers’ guns and shields and calling the footage “deeply disturbing.”
- The man arrested was charged with resisting arrest but is not in custody; the Brooklyn district attorney plans to dismiss the charge.
- The incident occurred during an undercover drug investigation, but the man targeted was not involved in the drug activity officers were investigating.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other elected officials publicly condemned the officers' actions, calling the treatment of the man unacceptable.
