NYPD cops on modified duty for wild caught-on-video Brooklyn liquor store clash with suspect ^33.7%

New York Daily News - By Emma Seiwell, John Annese, Rocco Parascandola, Michael Sheridan, Thomas Tracy - 4/15/2026, 4:36 PM

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A pair of NYPD cops were stripped of their guns and badges Wednesday after repeatedly punching a man they mistook for a drug dealer who refused to be handcuffed inside a Brooklyn liquor store in a wild caught-on-camera clash that Mayor Mamdani is calling “unacceptable.” The Tuesday afternoon takedown, in which the cops are recorded... more