New York Daily News – by Ryan Sit
A video showing an NYPD officer apparently knocking out a Brooklyn teen surfaced on Wednesday — the same day footage of another cop allegedly stealing more than $1,000 from a Brooklyn construction worker went viral.
The officer stopped 17-year-old Marcel Hamer on June 4 in Clinton Hill on suspicion of smoking marijuana, police said.
The video begins showing Marcel Hamer lying on his back, shouting in pain with the cop’s left foot planted on Hamer’s stomach. He then pleads repeatedly with the cop, saying he wasn’t smoking marijuana.
“You wanna get f—– up?” the plainclothes cop threatens in the opening moments of the 54-second video.
“Mister, it was just a cigarette, sir,” Hamer says. “It was just a cigarette.”
The knockout strike isn’t caught on video but the sound of a punch is clearly heard in the recording.
“Yeah, get it on film,” the cop barks to the bystander after the blow while he tries to cuff Hamer.
“Turn around,” he instructs the seemingly unresponsive teen. Hamer’s apparently limp arm is seen falling onto the pavement as the cop tries to cuff him.
“You knocked him out! He knocked Marcel out!” one of the teen’s friends repeatedly shouts.
Police said the officer who struck Hamer has since been suspended. Another officer who was also there has been stripped of his gun and badge.
The clip was first obtained by the Brooklyn Paper.
Another video, obtained by the Daily News, shows an officer allegedly removing $1,300 from Lomard Joye’s pocket during a stop-and-frisk in Coney Island. Joye was then pepper sprayed when he demanded his money back.
When Joye’s sister, Lateefah Joye, tried to get the cop’s badge number, she too was pepper sprayed.
The NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating both incidents.
With Joseph Barracato
And those are just the reported ones.
Yup.
Police are claiming they only took $62 from the construction worker. Yea, right. 😉 ROFL Witnesses and video show different.
Happens here all the time too, just doesn’t seem to get publicized as much as NYPD.
Happens all over America. Race has nothing to do with it. And you try to report them they will refuse to take a report and send a cop out to put a gun to your head for it. Such did happen to me. Then after that you refuse to kiss there ask they will try to murder you and many other things till they run you outof America. Prtects there reputation I guess. Such are the American police.
Wanted: New York City undercover police officer. Must be able to walk erect.