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.
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.
Plainclothes police officer subdues and
arrests Marcel Hamer, 17, after accusing him of smoking marijuana as he was
walking home from school on June 4 down Gates Ave. with friends near Waverly
Ave. in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. This is the moment when the cop allegedly
knocks out Hamer.
Plainclothes police officer subdues and
arrests Marcel Hamer, 17, after accusing him of smoking marijuana as he was
walking home from school on June 4, 2014 down Gates Avenue with friends near
Waverly Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. This is the moment when the cop
allegedly knocks out Hamer.
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
