slate | The New York Daily News reports
that the NYPD is investigating an incident recently caught on video in
which a plainclothes police officer can be seen punching a black boy who
is being held by three other officers. An onlooker can be heard yelling
"He's twelve! He's twelve" and identifies herself in the video as a
lawyer. The video, which was uploaded to YouTube Wednesday and is
embedded above, has the following description:
This happened today on my way to the post
office. The kids were 12. They had supposedly pushed one of their
classmates down. However when the victim was asked, he said those
weren't the guys. They were still taken away. 12. Years. Old.
The Daily News was unable to verify the age of the boy being punched in the video.
