Two NYPD narcotics detectives were placed on modified duty after a viral video captured the pair punching and kicking an arrested man, who turned out to not be the suspect they were looking for after all, cops said.<\/p>\n
The clip captured the brutal Tuesday scene inside the BK Wine Depot Corp on Hoyt Street near Baltic Street in Cobble Hill \u2013 where the plainclothes Brooklyn North Narcotics pair punched, kicked and dragged the suspect, knocking over bottles of alcohol and leaving streaks of blood on the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One cop could be seen stomping on the floor near the suspect\u2019s head, but it wasn\u2019t clear whether he actually made contact with the man.\u00a0<\/p>\n
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that two NYPD narcotics officers are under investigation after being caught on video punching and kicking a suspect during an arrest at a Brooklyn liquor store. Instagram\/@sinistratm<\/p>\n
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the footage as \u201cdeeply disturbing,\u201d and said the scene is under active investigation by the NYPD\u2019s Internal Affairs Bureau.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe officers in question are modified,\u201d Tisch posted on X. \u201cTheir guns and shields have been removed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand the community interest in it because it is an upsetting video,\u201d she said earlier, during an unrelated briefing.<\/p>\n
Mayor Zohran Mamdani slammed the behavior of the officers seen in the clip.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe violence used by NYPD officers in this video is extremely disturbing and unacceptable. Officers should never treat a person this way. The NYPD is conducting a full investigation into this incident,\u201d Hizzoner wrote on X.<\/p>\n
The man, identified as Timothy L. Brown, 46, told CBS New York<\/a> he simply went into the store to buy wine when the detectives cornered him.\u00a0<\/p>\n New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a union rally on Park Avenue, in New York, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. AP<\/p>\n \u201cHe said, \u2018You\u2019re under arrest,’\u201d Brown told the network. \u201cI remember being grabbed and shoved and he said, \u2018Don\u2019t resist.\u2019 And I say, \u2018I\u2019m not resisting.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cThey slammed me up against the glass, you know, repeatedly hitting me in the temple, in my head, you know? You see my eye\u2019s black,\u201d he added. \u201cSeveral bottles were broken in the liquor store because they swung me and they actually dragged me on the floor [on the] glass, and that can be seen on camera.\u201d<\/p>\n