New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended the police department's response to a pro-Palestinian street demonstration in Brooklyn over the weekend, calling video of officers repeatedly punching men lying prone on the ground an "isolated incident."
Footage shows police officers shoving participants, dragging them down to the asphalt, and repeatedly punching at least three protesters lying on the ground.
Videographer Peter Hambrecht captured an officer in a white shirt punching a protester and emphasized that the arrests occurred after police ordered dispersal.
Independent journalist Katie Smith recorded an officer striking a man pinned to the ground multiple times with closed fists, leading to at least 41 arrests.
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