New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended the police department's response to a pro-Palestinian street demonstration in Brooklyn over the weekend, calling video of officers repeatedly punching men lying prone on the ground an 'isolated incident.'
Footage shows police shoving participants, dragging some down to the asphalt, and repeatedly punching protesters as they lay pinned. Mayor Adams urges looking at the totality of the incident.
Videographer highlighted the arrest of protesters after being told to disperse, criticizing any attempts to justify the beatings. Another journalist recorded an officer punching a man pinned to the ground.
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