A video circulating on social media shows a NYC Parks Department employee handcuffing a teenage girl for allegedly selling fruit from an unlicensed cart in Battery Park, leading to a chaotic altercation. Bystanders protested, calling the response excessive and traumatic for the 12-year-old girl and her mother. The incident sparked outrage over police brutality and the criminalization of street vending in NYC.
This is elder abuse. https://t.co/555JqOU4L9
This is child abuse. https://t.co/ZJGU8G6JXU
A video circulating on social media shows a tense physical encounter with a New York City employee and a young girl in Battery Park. @MahsaWho reports. https://t.co/0o1TemCsJa
An NYC parks cop caught on video violently holding on to a young girl during an attempted arrest prompted Mayor Adams to announce two internal probes. One will be led by the Parks Department and another by the NYPD. https://t.co/DylQ1HnTbN
NYC parks officer reassigned after viral video shows physical altercation with 14-year-old girl https://t.co/ixSSLLlXAs
New Yorkers deserve an answer as to why NYPD and @NYCParks attempted to tackle a 12-year-old to the ground and place a child in cuffs. This is why advocates have been fighting hard for years to decriminalize the response to street vending. And New York City has not delivered. https://t.co/7cHrJaLzi7
She appears to be a real "THREAT TO DEMOCRACY!" Crap like this is why 1/2 the country believes our system is broken. Illegal alien beat up a cop in broad daylight in NY? Back on the street in an hour. 75 yr old woman praying at a slaughterhouse for babies? 2 yrs in prison. https://t.co/VsSv4eXDhx
The NYPD Park Police arrest a 12-year-old migrant who was illegally selling fruit in the park. People are outraged over this, but I don't see the issue. The law is the law. https://t.co/gxDJcFggS2
NEW: NYC park officer tackles 14-year-old migrant girl for allegedly selling fruit from an unlicensed cart in Battery Park. If only New York City had this energy for violent criminals. According to @marcrebillet, the girl's mother was handcuffed and put into a police car. The… https://t.co/zjNDnVffzx
The video shows a man in a parks uniform wrestling the visibly frightened girl, who has one wrist handcuffed. Bystanders attempt to pull her away from the officer in protest, yelling, “Let her go!” as the officer grabs at her. https://t.co/YfxYiWRINI
Trying to cuff and arrest a young child for selling fruit is unconscionable. No one – especially not a child – should be criminalized for simply trying to survive in the city. https://t.co/nmnRiNlphD
Teenage girl selling #fruit in Battery Park, #NYC, handcuffed https://t.co/9iRA8qxKP8
NY city police brutality against a child selling fruit. While thugs roam freely assaulting citizens. https://t.co/7gKHAOizq1
NYPD park cops tackle 14-year-old migrant girl to the ground over selling fruit as furious crowd tells officers to let her go https://t.co/2bMKyHB0Rh https://t.co/uWq5miD0m5
Investigation underway after video shows chaotic altercation between NYC Parks officer, child https://t.co/aj8cwykeFt https://t.co/nk25sRCqRx
What is this? Totally excessive to impose this level of aggression and violence on a child. Her immigration status does not matter Folks! This is painful to see. This 12-year old girl and her Mom are traumatized. What led to this response by @NYCParks @NYPDnews. https://t.co/vmuRFx89e3
And once again, it's panic attack time in New York City ... ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Shocking video has emerged of an NYC Parks employee holding a teenage girl in handcuffs after she allegedly was selling fruit from an unlicensed cart in lower Manhattan with her family. The video,… https://t.co/LNUCt2c5Ro
Video: Parks Department employee, handcuffed girl struggle in NYC's Battery Park. https://t.co/0o1TemCsJa