Officer suspended after video shows him ignoring 2 women fighting

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NEW ORLEANS -- A veteran New Orleans police officer was suspended without pay Wednesday after a video was posted on the Internet that shows him failing to break up a fight between two women on Canal Street.

Cortez Hankton, a 28-year veteran, was suspended for neglect of duty pending a full internal investigation by the Public Integrity Bureau, Police Chief Ronal Serpas said.

Serpas said he took action against Hankton after he watched a YouTube video showing Hankton standing several feet from two the female combatants, but failing to intervene as they grapple and punch one another.

At one point in the nearly three-minute video, a man steps into the skirmish and lands two hard blows to the face of one of the women. Hankton reacts by trying to push the man aside, but then allows the man to walk away without consequences.

http://www.wwltv.com/news/crime/video-224270651.html

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