Videos Show Officers Beating Man During Arrest in Brooklyn
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Two NYPD officers from Brooklyn’s Narcotics Borough are under investigation after videos showed them repeatedly punching, kicking, and dragging a man during an attempted arrest on Tuesday.
- The officers were stripped of their guns and shields and placed on desk duty while the Internal Affairs Bureau investigates the incident.
- The officers mistakenly targeted the wrong man, Timothy Brown, during an undercover drug operation in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
- The videos sparked widespread outrage and condemnation from police critics, lawmakers, civil libertarians, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who called the officers' use of violence "extremely disturbing and unacceptable."
- Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the videos as "deeply disturbing" and confirmed the ongoing investigation into the officers' conduct.
