NYPD Investigating Video Of Officer Punching Suspect. Legal Analysis With NY Criminal Defense Attorney David Schwartz on CBS 2 NY.

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NYPD launching an internal investigation
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after video emerges showing officers
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punching a man as they arrest him CBS
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2's Jessica Moore is live in the Mont
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Haven section of the Bronx with the
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exclusive video for us today Jessica
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will Christina Marie's the video shows
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officers from the 40th Precinct
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restraining a man while one of their
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fellow officers repeatedly punches him
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in the head and a warning before we roll
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the story the video is difficult to
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watch
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video shows the violent arrest of a
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black man by NYPD officers
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it happened at Prospect Avenue and East
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149th Street around 9 15 p.m on Sunday
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April 16th you see the man in the white
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shirt getting up in the face of an NYPD
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officer in a matter of seconds four
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officers surround him three officers
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hold his arms down as one repeatedly
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punches him in the head
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before throwing him to the ground at
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which point the female officer appears
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to employ the unauthorized tactic of
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leaning on the man's neck to make the
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arrest the NYPD says officers were
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conducting an investigation when
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29-year-old Francis Romain approached
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them quote aggressively and refused
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multiple orders to back away when
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officers tried to arrest him police say
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Romaine choked a sergeant the police
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officer that started punching this
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individual in the face that's very
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problematic but former Federal
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prosecutor David Schwartz also says the
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video doesn't tell the whole story you
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can never quite tell from a video how
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bad the situation is because you just
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not in the Heat of the Moment these
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police officers have really really hard
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jobs too many people are quite frankly
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are confronting the police the police
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are losing their respect in this city
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that is a very dangerous path
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Francis Romaine was arrested on multiple
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charges including assault on a police
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officer and resisting arrest he has
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since made bail and is out of jail
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meanwhile the nypd's internal
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investigation continues we're live in
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the Mott Haven section of the Bronx
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Jessica Moore CBS 2 News okay Jessica
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thank you