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A New York police officer has been stripped of his gun and badge and placed on desk duty after shocking video emerged showing him beating up a man over an alleged social distancing violation.
On Saturday, several plainclothes NYPD cops broke up a group of people ignoring social distancing orders and dragged a man to the ground and arrested him in the East Village on Avenue D and 9th Street around 5pm.
Two minutes after the arrest bystanders began to shout and decry the force used by police , prompting Officer Francisco Garcia to threaten the crowd with a stun gun and shout 'Get back. Get the f**k back', according to the New York Post.
Donni Wright, 33, was a part of that crowd and shouted 'He didn't even do nothing' in shock over the cops' earlier arrest.
'What you flexing for? Don't flex,' Garcia, wearing a black T-shirt, jeans, Yankees cap and a belt showing his officer's badge, replied before punching Wright in the head.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8283169/Shocking-moment-NYPD-officer-beats-bystander-ground-social-distancing-arrest.html
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Demovictory9
May 2020
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Demovictory9
(32,449 posts)1. the video of Officer Francisco Garcia in action
Mariana
(14,854 posts)3. In every one of those vids, the other cops on the scene
jumped in help him, when he was brutalizing some poor sod. Not a one of them made the slightest attempt to protect his victims.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)2. Another brotha fucka