‘Horrifying’ video of NYPD officers thrashing a protestor while crossing the road leaves Twitter fuming

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, June 4

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New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers pepper-sprayed and picked fights with protestors marching peacefully through the streets. A clip of NYPD officers brutally thrashing up a man while crossing the road on his bike has gone viral.

In the 10-second clip, one police officer walks up to the man, and starts hitting him with a baton. One would assume, people would step forward to help him, but two more officials joined him and started thrashing him too.

The “horrifying” video has over 5 million views.

A twitter user—Josh Fox BlackLivesMatter— narrated the incident on the micro-blogging website.

In a series of tweets, he wrote: “This was sent to me by a friend of the women in the car, @tommiesunshine. Stuck in traffic for nearly an hour on 50th street and third Ave”.

“An 8pm curfew means that the @NYCMayor just took away all the income and wages of everyone who works past 8pm. Which is half this city.  I’m sure that’s a greater loss of money than any looting in nyc”.

People stuck in traffic are witnessing NYPD beat up folks on their way home. pic.twitter.com/AkUGPQQOIf

— Josh Fox BlackLivesMatter (@joshfoxfilm) June 4, 2020

“There is no way that #NYC will abide or survive an 8pm curfew. It’s a recipe for total disaster. It will lead to more violence and more unrest. The @NYCMayor needs to go to @barclayscenter with the heads of city council and sit down with the leaders of #BlackLivesMatter ASAP”

“It is so sad. I was born in New York City. We used to innovate and lead. Now we are fodder for Wall Street hatchet men and violent white supremacists. We need to take back this city. We can do it”.

“This is a real test of the idea of government at every level. Can the government actually respond to this crisis with sanity? Sanity would be immediate dialogue, immediate change. This requires an immediate democratic response. Not the immediate state violence we are seeing”.

Reactions:

This is why one cop kneeling, hugging, or high-fiving a protestor mean absolutely nothing right now. https://t.co/6UnqLCXH7E

— Dr. Nancy Hightower (@NancyHightower) June 4, 2020

Horrifying. You start with the tiny possibility that two officers may be walking over to deescalate the abusive one.

Instead, they join in beating a man trying to get out of traffic.

This isn’t a problem of bad apples or incidents. This is an institutional and systemic crisis. https://t.co/eoBXXnNXZV

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 4, 2020