The NYPD has suspended an officer with pay after a video surfaced Sunday afternoon that appeared to show the officer use the now banned chokehold technique to detain a man.
In the video, four officers are positioned above the man to restraint and handcuff him. One of the officers appears to wrap his arm completely around the man's neck.
At least two different people can be heard yelling at the officers to get off of the man. "He's choking him! Let go!" one of them shouts.
The incident unfolded Sunday morning around 8:45 a.m. on the boardwalk that runs along Rockaway Beach in Queens, law enforcement sources confirmed. They say officers responded to the boardwalk after three men were allegedly harassing people and throwing objects at them.
When officers engaged the trio, sources say, one of the men approached the them with "a small bag" that officers thought he would throw. That's when officers attempted to make the arrest.
The man arrested had minor injuries, the NYPD confirmed.
The NYPD released body-camera footage of the incident to the department's YouTube channel Sunday evening. (Explicit language recorded in the video is not censored).
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea confirmed the officer was suspended without pay while the department completes an internal investigation.
“Accountability in policing is essential. After a swift investigation by the Internal Affairs Bureau, a police officer involved in a disturbing apparent chokehold incident in Queens has been suspended without pay,” Shea tweeted.
“While a full investigation is still underway, there is no question in my mind that this immediate action is necessary," he added.
The New York City Council approved a bill last week that bans chokeholds and stipulates that an officer would be charged with a misdemeanor no matter if an injury was sustained or not.
A few dozen protesters gathered around 4 p.m. outside of the 100th Precinct located near the beach to protest the officer's actions.
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