The video below shows a police officer in Harlem attempting an arrest on a man because the man had what a witness called a “pen knife!”
The incident happened around 3:15 p.m. on Frederick Douglass Blvd. at W. 129th St. last week, when the officer spotted 30 year old Saykou George and stopped the man for having the knife. George is asked for his identification and when it was provided, the officer is seen putting the man’s identification in his pocket and pulling out the pair of handcuffs.
At that moment, George is heard asking why the officer took his i.d. The officer began approaching George to make the arrest and that is when all hell broke loose!
Things began to escalate real fast when George tried to walk away, still asking the officer for his id. The officer pushed George into a fence and threw a punch at the man. George then tried walking in the opposite direction with the officer following. Another punch was thrown by the officer and George retaliated and a street brawl ensued.
George was eventually arrested when a gang of officers showed up and took him to the ground. Before he was taken down, the officer connected on three punches. According to the police commissioner, Bill Bratton, the officer involved did nothing wrong.
“My preliminary review of that was I saw nothing inappropriate with the officer’s behavior,” Bratton said.
George was charged with resisting arrest, assault on a police officer, possession of a knife and disorderly conduct. The police officer’s conduct is being investigated by… the police department.
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