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The Unintended Consequences of Security Cameras on New York City Apartment Buildings
New Year’s Day, 2010: A time for celebration, resolutions, and…a huge fight along Albany Avenue, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. Police arrived to disperse the crowd, and break up the fight. Davial Rowe and Nagi Benson were charged with assaulting a police officer. Surveillance footage from a camera mounted on a nearby apartment building show New York’s Finest repeatedly punching and kicking a suspect in a Brooklyn alleyway.
Benson has a rap sheet that includes arrests for marijuana possession, reckless driving and gun possession.
Benson is seen being pulled into the alleyway where three cops struggle to cuff him. His arms do not appear to be “flailing,” as described in a criminal complaint sworn out by P.O. Douglas Graham. In fact, it appears he is restrained while the three cops hit and kick him – as other officers standing nearby appear to walk quickly out of the alley.
Hat Tip: NY Daily News
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