Video Shows NYPD Violently Arresting Bystander in 'Social Distancing' Arrest
As thousands of New Yorkers hit city parks this weekend to revel in warm spring weather, footage of the violent arrest of three people, two of whom were accused of not following social distancing guidelines, has sparked an internal NYPD investigation.
The arrests, captured on cell phone video and on security cameras, took place in the East Village late Saturday afternoon, the New York Daily News reports. Footage of the arrests shows multiple plainclothes officers aggressively confronting two people, 31-year-old Shakiem Brunson and 22-year-old Ashley Serrano outside a deli. As officers converge on the pair, bystanders shout in protest, telling the police Brunson and Serrano weren’t doing anything wrong.
Then one officer, identified as Officer Francisco Garcia, approaches a bystander, Donni Wright.
“Move the fuck back,” he shouts multiple times as he approaches Wright, drawing his stun gun. “Don’t flex.” Garcia then lunges at Wright, delivering blows to his face as passersby scream at the arrest.
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