A New York Metropolis police officer who was recorded on video slapping a person and brandishing a Taser over the weekend was positioned on modified responsibility, Mayor Invoice de Blasio stated Sunday.

The video, which drew outrage from native officers, was captured Saturday after officers tried to disperse a bunch of individuals violating social distancing guidelines, authorities stated.

The New York Police Division stated in a press release that police have been attempting to arrest somebody within the group after recognizing a bag of marijuana when one other individual “took a preventing” stance in opposition to one of many officers.

In the video, a plainclothes officer and not using a masks will be seen pointing a stun gun at a person offscreen and saying:“What are you flexing for?” Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered everybody within the state to put on masks or face coverings in public.

The officer then wrestles the person to the bottom, punching and slapping him earlier than he’s dragged from the road onto the sidewalk and handcuffed.

Police stated two males and one lady have been arrested, together with Donni Wright, 33, who faces expenses of assault on a police officer, menacing, resisting arrest and different crimes. Police didn’t affirm if he was the person within the video.

Councilwoman Carlina Rivera stated the officer ought to have de-escalated the confrontation and known as for an investigation into “extreme drive.”

“The place’s the professionalism?” she tweeted.

De Blasio, who stated an investigation into the incident had begun, known as the video “disturbing” and stated the officer’s “habits” is “merely not acceptable.”

Critics across the nation have stated police target minorities greater than white protesters over social distancing. The person within the video is black.