纽约警察局的一名警察反复殴打一名嫌疑人的头部，此前警方称该男子在试图将他从地铁站中移出时袭击了警察。, according to video released by the department.
男人, 谁不明, was being escorted from the subway platform on Tuesday for smoking a cigarette, according to the NYPD.
Edited video released by the NYPD shows the suspect being led up subway stairs when he appears to break away from the officers. 片刻之后, the man and officers are seen coming down the stairs and are then seen on the ground, with one officer appearing to punch at the suspect as others appear to try to control the man. A tweet by the NYPD says the suspect attacked officers.
CNN has not reviewed an unedited copy of the video, and there is no indication of what happened before the video began or during edited portions. There was no clear view of the stairs.
在一个点上, a bystander’s video also provided by police shows an officer punch the suspect in the face repeatedly while the man is on the ground, restrained by the other officers. The NYPD did not identify the officers involved in the incident.
“Our officers sustained several injuries including a laceration to the ear,” 的 NYPD said in a tweet.
Patrick Lynch, president of the NYC Police Benevolent Association, 说过, “These cops were doing exactly what was asked of them: enforcing the transit system rules.”
He said the video being circulated doesn’t portray the full violence of the incident, which he says shows subways have become “truly dangerous … even for police officers.”
