© Michael Rolland/YouTube
The man identified by The Daily News as Alando Brissett, 25, reportedly got into an argument with an employee at the Target retail outlet in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn on Saturday night, when he demanded a receipt after returning bottles. Police were summoned when he refused to leave the store.
The video of the arrest shows four policemen, including a female officer, holding Brissett down on the floor and hitting him in the back several times. One officer then pinned the suspect's head to the floor with his knee.
"Stop f**king hitting him," a woman is heard yelling in the video and the crowd is seen to be gathering.
"One person, 50 police. It's wrong, that's not good," and "You can't hit him, don't hit him!" the customers are heard shouting.
Later about 20 more officers arrived at the scene and Brissett was escorted to a police car.
"I was certainly shocked at the level of force that was used," Michael Rolland, 31, the customer who recorded the video, told NY Daily News. "I was concerned the force used was excessive."
Brissett's grandmother told the paper that her grandson had trouble remembering things and that's why he didn't have a job and needed extra money.
"He [Alando Brissett] is not a bad kid, he's not a rude kid," she said, "It hurts me. You cannot harm my grandson. He's not a criminal."
According to NYPD spokesman, Brissett was charged with disobedience, trespassing and resisting arrest.
The video depicting officer brutality is being verified by police, NYPD spokesman said.
Reader Comments
Exactly who was he supposed to "Obey," I wonder? The Store should have given him a receipt. The idiot at the counter seems as much to blame for this guys maltreatment as the cops who administered it. Fascism: It's not just for the government anymore. It's from the people, by the people. America is fat with jakovs waiting for their moment to lord whatever power they have over anybody else, given the opportunity. Be that their kids, their employees, customers, students, whatever. I can't imagine America in 20 years. I feels already dead.
Maybe if he had "politely requested" a receipt this would not have happened.
/end sarcasm
Seriously, if I had memory and money problems I would want a receipt verifying where my funds came from. And if the person who should give it to me refuse I would probably raise my voice in response.
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I guess the guy is lucky they didn't shoot him too :/
if this was the usa, he would be dead, these are real cops, the way a situation should be handled, the one cop still has his gun in its holster
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makes sure her top-knot is just so. Also, why have they pulled the man's pants off? 30 oinks to "solve" a dispute over a slip of paper?