Video of Cop Beating Man with Baton Surfaces

Black cops and Black victim.

An African was stabbed at Broadway & 28th street NYC

UNDER NYPD CAMERAS last week, No comment or follow up on

that story either.....cool!

That was in the 13th precinct and nada in news worthy follow up.

Where's Rev,Al?Where's anybody??.

Poor Africa still isolated and it's children too.

Hey, #52, the word "queer" isn't a slur like the "f*gg*t" word. I self censored that word, because I don't believe in using slurs. Isn't one of the slogans of gay is about being "here and queer"? I'm just using their own words to describe them.

Do Patrick Lynch and William Donohue drink the same Kool Aid? Nice avatar and use of the 'queer' word Deca. I wonder who the biggest fans of bodybuilders (or wannabees) are?

Does Pat Lynch have any credibility anymore?

2 for 2! The guy is already on the ground and gets hit 10 times. Nice work, NYPD.

Also, i love that everyone has a video camera.

"The baton is used for getting people to drop objects or drop to the ground only."

Don't know where you came up with that, but it's not NYPD policy and probably not that of any other department in the country.

The baton is a compliance tool, used to stun a subject in the same way that a taser would be, so that he can be controlled. The idea is to start with strikes to the long nerve in the arm, next "upgrade" to the leg using the same "stun" approach, and if that doesn't cause the subject to submit the next escalation is to target breaking the long bones in the arms or legs.

Yeah, it can be used to cause people to drop objects; it's the same approach: a strike to radial nerve will probably result in the subject losing his grip.

Even on the cops' web site message board there is recognition, by seasoned officers, that the caliber of new cops has hit the level of recruiting individuals with criminal pasts.

This is the link to the message board as provided by another Gothamist Commenter:

http://theerant.yuku.com/topic/7789/t/Video-shows-NYPD-cop-assaulting-cyclist.html

Can't we do better than this? Even teachers have to come up clean on their background checks. We, as taxpayers and citizens, must demand a better police force from our elected officials. I'm writing to mine today.

Oh Gothamist, you better watch out! Shining a spot light on police corruption and brutality might put you in line for pay back from the powers that be. Good Job!!

This is what happens when all the good cops go get better-paying jobs in Seattle.

One thing you learn from watching Cops is that the police expect you to comply with orders within seconds, and if you don't they go to work breaking the resistance. You never see them thinking "OK, we've got this guy on the ground, let him calm down for a minute." (He might wriggle away, I guess.)

The larger question is whether the police department should operate the way civilians think they should. From the civilian's point of view, it seems obvious - we pay them. What the hell are they for if not to protect society in the manner society sees fit. But, cops are obviously deeply resentful of civilians even expressing an opinion on how they operate.

Criminal possession of an umbrella? So as well as being vicious thugs cops are also retarded? Oh, yeah we know that already.

Once again, write to the newspaper and Bloomberg if you don't want this to happen to you. This is a democracy but you have to get off your ass if you want your rights.

...and some justice.

This is what you get when for the last few years you only pay rookies $25K a year.

I am saddened by this but not terribly surprised... I hope that guy who got beat up gets a nice fat check.

even if the arrest was unwarranted, which it probably was, he was refusing to be handcuffed in which case he should expect to get baton'd.

Stunning.

I understand what a few of you are saying about resisting arrest, but you also have to realize he was being hit with a baton. It's not a "normal" respons to lay on your stomach when you're being attacked, and I'm sure he wasn't thinking clearly enough to say, "if I lay on my stomach, they'll stop hitting me." Indeed, we don't know what sparked the arrest, but cops need to learn an understand when it's necessary to use force, and to what extent. Even if this guy was resisting arrest, it's no excuse to beat him like that. The state of NYC police is frightening right now.

Unless he was actually threatening them, a well trained cop in control of their emotions should be able to handle the situation without losing control and administering a beatdown. I see a guy writhing on the ground and being difficult, but not presenting any kind of threat. He's being annoying at worst. Three cops can handle that without resorting to excess.

Too many folks seem to think a cop is justified in using violence in response to questioning of their authority. The job of a policeman is to protect society, not their own sense of pride.

that video is disgusting.

...and the hits keep on coming.

A) If the man was truly intoxicated and trying to sneak liquor into the park, why did they not charge him for that? Better yet, where are the bottles of liquor to be used as evidence?

B) After they allegedly freed the man from his "dangerous weapon" (an umbrella) why do they continue to beat him senseless...ON THE LEGS?

Resisting arrest or not, this is another case of brutal excessive force and lies to cover up those actions.

Once again, the cop haters are out, maybe not in force like when that queer on the bike who was speeding and put other people's lives in danger got shoved, but they are out nonetheless.

I don't see anything wrong with what happened in this Delancey street case. A cop was taking down a suspect. Big deal.

The only two cases in recent history where I can say there was excessive force was the Bell shooting, and the Diallo shooting.

Every other case seems about right to me.

more pigs beating innocent people.

as jerky pointed out: " he was never charged with that, despite the "police report". And if we was truly drunk, where's the blood or breathalyzer report?? Oh, did they forget that??"

like the rodney king cops, these will probably not get in trouble.

Was he a biker? I hope he was a biker.

What a bad week for the NYPD.

Even if he was resisting arrest, wouldn't it have been easier just to grab him?

looks legit to me, he was clearly resisting arrest

even if the arrest was unwarranted, which it probably was, he was refusing to be handcuffed in which case he should expect to get baton'd.

What happened to INNOCENT until proven GUILTY?

NYPD operates on GUILTY until proven INNOCENT.

SHAME, SHAME NYPD!!! Fucking PIGS.

Why didn't the perp just put his hands behind his back?

Wouldn't you?

Stubbornness warrrants an attitude adjustment.

Totally unacceptable use of the baton. The baton is used for getting people to drop objects or drop to the ground only. This guy had no weapon and was already on the ground.

Dipshit cop shouldn't have been trying to handcuff him with the baton in his hand, either, which is why he couldn't get the cuffs on and felt out of control and panicked and threw the baton (smooth move - throwing your weapon onto a public street), and then started hitting the dude. What a fucking moron. I hope they take away his badge, he obviously has no ability to function under pressure, and this guy wasn't even resisting!

damn, the baton slipped out of the cop's hand.

like he was taking home run swings.

now you know why Kelly changed to the steel batons from the cocobolo nightsticks.

Now, see, that's a cop you don't want to give a taser to.

gives new meang to beat cop

Without a single doubt after watching that video it's excessive force. Yeah he wouldn't roll over but that's no reason to start cracking the fuck out of his knees.

and the beat goes on...

There is no reason for them to beat someone on the ground. But I call BS on this guys story. "All I said was I was getting ice and they started beating me up."

The kid on the bike you see the whole thing. This we can only guess what went on off camera.

Sorry, I meant gothamist commentors.

So gothamist goes ape shit with outrage when a white kid gets hit off his bike and this sort of thing "isn't as cut and dry"?

Wtf?

Give it a rest, Bongo, we know you're white.

Sorry for a latin lesson first thing in the morning but Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Don't these guys know pressure points? Much more effective in getting someone to cooperate, and less risk of some cackling lady screaming "Why you heet heeem?!" in your ear.

*writhing* - no coffee yet...

If 'resisting arrest' means writing in pain while being beaten - this guy is GUILTY!

The on air footage last night showed some of the wounds - really awful. I'm all for hearing the rest of the story (from both sides) but it certainly looks like this cop is beating the hell out of this guy.

racist.... depends.... mentally ill.... definitely. NYPD is a gang like the bloods or the crips.

Racist police!

Wait...what...the cop that was giving the brother a beat down was black............never mind.

this has gotten ridiculous.

cowardly bullying and then lying about it is fucking digusting, and it's the new status quo, from baghdad on down to main street.

on the fourth of july no less, the craven dogs.

Spend a minute talking to Ray Kelley and you might understand why this is normal behavior nowadays. It's rare to meet a public figure who can prove himself to be a first-class asshole in under 60 seconds.

Give 'em a gun and a baton, the're ready to roll.

I believe every word of Cephus's story - every word. The number of bullying cops in this city has crown exponentially since the days of "Giuliani Time". The fact that some officers are psychologically disturbed is no surprise nor is the fact that this mental illness surfaces from time to time in Police Wilding.

NYPD gone WILD!!! Volume 2!

When are the racist comments coming? Is it too early?

Ka-ching !!!$$$

These are the same police from a precinct that do not take restraining orders seriously. Every time I call them when I fear for my safety they take their time as my restraining order is being violated. When they get there, they tell the violator to take a walk when all the violations are clearly listed on the order and they have been violated which means this person should be arrested.

But damn, a guy going to get ice not hassling anyone is a bigger nuisance to society than someone who is violating a restraining order.

The NYPD tried passing a law restricting citizens' use of video cameras. Watching these videos it's pretty clear why. Now the NYPD and Bloomberg want to pass a law restricting citizens' use of air monitoring devices. Can't think why.

http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-01-08/news/nypd-seeks-an-air-monitor-crackdown-for-new-yorkers/

There'd be a lot more cops fucking people up by all the clubs if all it took was for someone to be drunk.

And watching the video--which was seemed "edited for content"--why didn't he just turn over and let them cuff him?

Getting cuffed by cops is always better than getting your ass beat. Sort it out with a lawyer later is always better than getting sorted out now--painfully.

Biggest gang in New York...

very hard to believe this victims story....

"I was with some friends at a cookout.I stepped out of the park to get some ice. The officers told me I couldn't return because they said I had alcohol. I told them it was only ice. They thought I was drunk and they just came at me. They started swinging and hitting me with the batons."

This sounds so unreal - to just get ice - OK

This has nothing to do with the Times Square video where the officer is absolutely in the wrong. Everything the NYPD has said is like no one has seen the video.

I don't see any liquor or packages in the video and he was never charged with that, despite the "police report". And if we was truly drunk, where's the blood or breathalyzer report?? Oh, did they forget that??

Here we go again. Maybe a little less cut-and-dry in this circumstance, but the lack of accountability shown by officers in their so-called "incident reports" on that bicyclist leaves their version of events here in doubt. Excessive force? It sure looks that way. If these cops don't settle down, they will be begging for a budget next year.