- Nov 17, 2009
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Yet another case of police brutality in New York City. Really makes you wonder when New Yorkers are going to do something about this.
Meet Santiago Hernandez, 23. He lives in the Bronx. On a Monday evening last month, he was standing in front of an apartment building at around 6 p.m. when two NYPD police officers appeared and demanded permission to frisk him. He complied. They found no contraband. Yet he soon found himself handcuffed and then pushed to the ground, where he was pummeled by six police officers. "They were taking turns like a gang," he told a local ABC affiliate, which obtained video:
The Perils of Standing While Hispanic in the Bronx - The Atlantic