Multiple officers who were involved in the arrest of a man in Brooklyn have been placed on “modified assignment,” New York Mayor Eric Adams said, after they were filmed repeatedly punching the man. Asked why the officers used such force, Adams, a retired NYPD captain, responded in part: “Adrenaline is real.” A video posted to social media shows at least two officers punching the man while onlookers yell and try to intervene.
” He added: “We’re going to look into this, and it’s going to be investigated appropriately, and if those officers are found to have done something improper, they’re going to be held accountable. We do not play the game. We’re going to support our police, but our police must support the people that they are policing.” Jones asked him why, if police knew they were being recorded by bystanders, they felt “so comfortable” and “so empowered” to act as they did.