NYPD officer caught on tape smashing alleged fare beater in head with baton
NYPD officer caught on tape smashing alleged fare beater in head with baton at Brooklyn subway station
A brutal video catches an NYPD officer bash an alleged fare beater in the head with a baton, opening a gash in the mans head and sending him stumbling around the Brooklyn subway station in a daze.
Blood spurted from Donovan Lawson's cut and sprayed witnesses and the walls at the Myrtle Avenue J, M, Z stop during the arrest Thursday just before 8 p.m., Marielle Anas told the Daily News.
It was one of the most awful things Ive ever seen, Anas, 28, said. I have blood all over my jeans. The brutality of the nightstick it was crazy. It looked like his head exploded. I couldnt believe I was seeing it happen.
Lawson, 20, had doubled up with a pal, going through the turnstile together on a single swipe, cops said. He was sitting on a wooden bench when an officer threw at least three punches, Anas said.
The kid wasnt doing anything thats why I started recording, Anas said. If he can't subdue this kid he wasnt even resisting that much!
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/nypd-officer-smashes-alleged-fare-beater-head-baton-article-1.2019269
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIOLENCE & BLOOD