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Officers in violent arrest to face NYPD disciplinary charges

by Associated Press
| May 29, 2020 2:03 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer will face disciplinary charges for a violent arrest during a social distancing enforcement action that ended with him kneeling on a man's back or neck, a technique similar to the one that led to George Floyd's death in Minneapolis.

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