The mayor's remarks come after an officer was stripped of his gun and badge when a video emerged of him pulling a stun gun on a man and then punching and slapping him on the ground
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday vowed to release NYPD social distancing enforcement data, saying"unfortunate and inappropriate" incidents had tainted"the vast number of interactions between our officers and our communities that have gone the right way."
The mayor's remarks come after an officer was stripped of his gun and badge when a video emerged of him pulling a stun gun on a man and then punching and slapping him on the ground.Police said the incident occurred in Lower Manhattan Saturday when plain-clothed officers instructed a number of people not wearing masks to disperse.
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