Horrifying moment officer BEATS UP 12-year-old girl at Staten Island bus stop: NYPD cop is suspended for pounding teen over the head while trying to break up after-school brawl
- An unnamed NYPD officer was suspended after video surfaced showing him beating up a teenage girl on Tuesday
- The incident took place at about 2:40pm at a bus stop near the Edwin Markham Middle School on Staten Island
- The cop had been responding to a brawl between two sisters, 12 and 14, and another girl, and was punched while he intervened
- The sisters were both arrested, with the elder being charged with resisting arrest and assault, and the younger with a juvenile report alleging assault
A New York Police Department officer was suspended after video surfaced showing him brutally punching a 12-year-old girl while trying to break up a fight on Tuesday.
Horrifying footage showed the still unnamed officer raining blows down on the head of the girl while others tried to pull her from the melee.
The incident took place on at about 2:40pm at bus stop near the Edwin Markham Middle School on Staten Island.
Officers reportedly arrived on the scene to break up a brawl between two sisters, 12 and 14, who were assaulting a separate 14-year-old girl.
The cop in the video was punched by the 12-year-old girl, and responded in turn.
The sisters were both arrested, with the elder being charged with resisting arrest and assault, and the younger with a juvenile report alleging assault, police said.
The unnamed officer can be seen raining blows down on the head of the teenage girl
Horrified users on social media reacted to the video – which was posted on Instagram following the ordeal.
One person wrote: ‘Doesn’t matter what she did; this is egregious. Police have so many other better options.’
Another emphasized how the cop seemed to use excessive force while trying to break up the schoolgirls’ fight: ‘That is SO excessive.’
A third questioned: ‘How much bravado does a grown man need to beat a teen upon the backside of his/her head over and over again?’
And another social media user added: ‘The cop threw like 8-9 punches, all of them hammer fists to the back of the head.
‘That’s literally the most dangerous punch, illegal in every combat sports organization.’
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