Migrant holding toddler hit by stun gun and punched repeatedly by police officers at NYC shelter
A Venezuelan migrant holding his toddler was hit by a stun gun and punched in the face by police officers at a New York City migrant shelter in an act caught on video — and defended by the mayor as "appropriate."
A Venezuelan migrant holding his toddler was hit by a stun gun and punched in the face by police officers at a New York City migrant shelter in an act caught on video — and defended by the mayor as "appropriate."
The video, obtained and published by The New York Times on Tuesday, showed the moment two officers confronted Yanny Cordero, 47, at a city-run shelter in Jamaica, Queens borough, on Friday.
The clip showed two officers pin Cordero against closed elevator doors as he was holding his year-old son.
One officer brought out a yellow stun gun and deployed it on the man, its trilling sound audible. Moments later, that same officer appeared to punch the man in the face.
A woman crying and screaming near Cordero appeared to be pulled away from him after the punch and the child he was holding was also separated from him.
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