Posted on 11/02/2019 11:03:20 AM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in Brooklyn on Friday night to protest police violence after a teen was seen in a viral video being punched by an officer in a subway brawl.
Video of the incident posted on social media showed an altercation breaking out on a subway platform in Brooklyn late last week, with an officer seen punching 15-year-old Benjamin Marshall.
Marshall and his parents say he was not part of the fight and was instead looking for his backpack on the platform when he was punched.
Protesters responded by swarming streets in Brooklyn on Friday night, with protesters heard chanting "hands off black kids, NYPD" as they marched.
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Wouldn’t the backpack have simply been on his back?
Did his ‘missing’ backpack ever turn up later?
It will be interesting to see if that question is ever answered (or even asked by the media!)...
From the video, looks like the teenager swung first, hitting a police officer.
It's time to call a spade a spade.
ML/NJ
Yup. I worked in the city 1974-80. I had great admiration for them and how they dealt with all the crap Dinkins, Koch and Beame left for them. Tough job!
Home Depot now calls them “garden shovels”. Really.
That was a nasty video........Looked like a swarm of screaming ants.
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