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| NYPD park cops tackle 14-year-old migrant girl over selling fruit | |
| 2024-06-04 | |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] An NYC park officer was seen tackling a 14-year-old migrant girl to the ground over selling fruit with her family. Frightening footage showed the moment an unidentified officer handcuffed the teen in Battery Park on Sunday around 2.00pm. As he tried to arrest the minor, a group of livid bystanders tried their best to pull her away from him while others shouted in protest. The unidentified migrant girl was allegedly selling fruit from an unlicensed cart with her family when the cop intervened. 'NYPD first tried to detain the girl, then released her – then Parks got a hold of her and tried to cuff her. That’s when people started crowding around and trying to get the Parks officer off of her,' Marc Rebillet, who recorded the video, told Storyful. Video of the chaotic moment starts with one officer trying to detain the girl's mother, dressed in a bright yellow shirt, while another attaches handcuffs to her daughter's wrists. The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation told DailyMail.com that the incident took place during a 'joint operation with NYPD and PEP officers.' 'Our Parks Enforcement Patrol’s (PEP) first course of action is to educate in order to bring violators into compliance,' a spokeswoman with the department said. 'When individuals have repeatedly flouted the law, we take additional enforcement actions, and there are instances when it is necessary to place violators and individuals obstructing the law under arrest.' The department added that officers 'confiscated perishable items from unlicensed vendors in the park.' 'While officers were attempting to destroy the items which were unsafe for consumption, two individuals intervened,' the department added. The officer, who was not named, had been 'assigned administrative duties' while the incident is investigated, according to the spokeswoman.
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| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 At 14 yo, she's too young to know whose palm to grease. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2024-06-04 12:49 |
| #2 The guy selling fentanyl probably has a gun and will fight back whereas the girl selling fruit probably doesn't and won't. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2024-06-04 06:42 |
| #1 That is the worst policing and de-escalation I have ever seen. Does NYC even train their officers anymore? Or are they all diversity hires? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2024-06-04 00:59 |