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NYPD Officers Responding in Columbus Park [Video]

4:46pm May 9th, 2011 | 79 Comments

Earlier today, we received a concerned email from a reader documenting an arrest in Columbus Park on Sunday.  From what we understand, six officers responded to some sort of situation involving a sixty-year-old musician who frequents the park most weekends.  The action prompted outrage and screaming from park-goers, many of whom are elderly. At one point, mace was drawn to subdue the crowd.

UPDATE: New information is this followup.

The tipster sent along video, along with the following note:

my friend uploaded that clip, which happened on 5/8/11 sunday afternoon at columbus park. from what she heard, someone complained theres a lot of noise from the park and he was there playing instrument. i guess thats the reason why they were arresting him? but nonetheless, there is NO REASON TO BEAT UP A 60+ yrs old man that plays instrument at columbus park every weekend, you can clearly see the blood on his face. Columbus park is known for chinese elders to hang out in the afternoon, play chess, cards, sing, play instruments or just to chat. is it really necessary for that many cops for 1 chinese elder?

Columbus Park is located in Chinatown at the foot of Mulberry Street, between Mosco and Bayard.

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  • Goodjob

    “is it really necessary for that many cops for 1 chinese elder?”

    I’d guess its moreover for the fact that there was 30+ people screaming at the 4 cops…just a observation

    • absolutely

      im pretty sure there won’t be 30+ people screaming at the cops if that guy wasn’t bleeding and 4 cops were literally on top of him.

    • Kleptin

      Maybe they should be using their heads instead of their mace. The 30+ people weren’t screaming out commendations on a job well done. They were clearly outraged.

  • Anonymous

    I am beyond furious right now. Not only is it so morally wrong to bully an elderly like that, but he absolutely did not deserve it. A few noise complaints? Okay so what? Tell him to stop playing the instrument then, simple as that. No need to get physical. I’m about to call 911 and bitch at them for wasting our tax payer’s money feeding these pigs that abuse their power to the max. I’d love to mace that fat dude. Instead of spending your time taking out harmless civilians, go do something more productive like taking out drug rings and human trafficking sources. Oh wait, they’re too fat and stupid to do anything since they sit on their asses all day munching on some Dunkin’ Donuts and doing useless shit. Shame on you. Now I’m only directing this comment to the useless cops. I know there are some good cops out there. God bless America and our wretched souls.

    xoxo,

    @anniexdarling:disqus

    yeah that’s me, come mace me too assholes.

    • Bogoshipyo

      Shame on you for being so ignorant. Where you there to witness any of this ? All we got was a video of an old man being tackle down by cops. Was it ethical …no. But who knew what happen beforehand, resisting arrest ? maybe he attacked the cop ? The cops took out the mase and baton as a scare tactics to push the angry crowd away.

    • Wc11354

      good job. I hate those useless cops in NY….

  • meh

    I’m pretty sure if they beat him up just because he wouldn’t stop playing music its a problem but… I seriously doubt thats the entire story. no point bashing the NYPD if you’re only given a biased recollection of what happened. Plus the crowd started to get closer and wouldn’t move back, it’s illegal to interfere with whatever the cop is doing.

    • Chinaman

      What and who defines what is illegal and legal? Legality and illegality are at once defined by the State and carried by the local police. I don’t know what do you mean “no point bashing the NYPD”. It is a political statement along with a demand towards the conduct of the entire NYPD. You must have been in stone age for a while now. Have you heard about police brutality against Black people? Let alone whats happening to China’s geographical changes (gentrification, hello white people) but not to erase the relationship between the two, police brutality must be stopped. I will even say that it is simply too little to demand an apology from the NYPD. We should (1) stop the gentrification process in Chinatown (i.e. downzone Chinatown), (2) the NYPD and the FDNY should release reports on the mysterious fires that have been happening and intensified since 2006(2007) period, (3) stop criminalizing workers but criminalize super-exploitative employers, and do away Bloomberg altogether.

      • meh

        living in the stone age? nice to know you argue by attacking me instead of actually talking about whats going on in the video. whats police brutality against black people have to do with this? are you generalizing that every time a cop attacks a civilian its police brutality? stop the gentrification in chinatown? gentrification isn’t always a bad thing, though if they had to stop gentrification everywhere wouldn’t that just be telling someone ” you cant live there you’ll raise the standard of living and possibly change the way the neighborhood is now “. stop criminalizing workers ? what? are you serious? you mean the police specifically target workers just for the fun of it? criminalize super-exploitative employers? jeez do you understand how a business works? I’m pretty sure it’s obvious you wouldn’t purposely increase the cost of labor just so that every person who works underneath you feels like they are being paid enough.

        don’t like your job or your pay? move to another job. if you can’t get another job then that means your default is to work at your current job or to not work at all. people are lucky minimum wage even exists. if anything why dont you stop consuming all goods and services that exploit one person at one point or another. its impossible.

        illegality and legality is defined by the government? yea okay so.. who else would? would… the people who live in the country decide? mmm.. something sounds pretty wrong with that thought process? whats accepted and what isn’t accepted is determined by society. did all these officials just jump into the position they are in now? did they suddenly claim themselves to be the best person fit for the job? no at some point or another we decided they would be where they are by a system or process.

        . It is a political statement along with a demand towards the conduct of the entire NYPD. okay? you want to go off on tangents?

        and again to the gentrification thing.. should the country/state/city take away the rights of people as to where they can live? arent you asking for an intervention from the government? so.. should immigrants get kicked out of the country?

        • Guest

          The fact that it is illegal to interfere is such a horrible reason to not interfere. the point is that the cops overreacted and they are in the wrong. that’s why they interfered. Why should people bend over for authority? Its sad that the very people you pay to employ (assuming that you pay taxes) fuck you over and up.

          It’s also good that gentrification is coming up in this discussion. Unfortunately, a lot of issues is connected. While gentrification MAY better the standard of living in some areas, but only to an extent and then where will those who can only afford those areas go when white people have moved in for a cheaper living even though they can afford better? It’s all interconnected so don’t just dismiss one issue and exaggerate. These are one of many other issues that need to be addressed that are connected to this example of police brutality.

          • Guest

            Don’t forget about the disrespect that these newcomers (*cough* white people *cough*) express. Not only are you moving into a Chinese community, you are disrespecting people’s cultural expression. I don’t ask you white people to wear looser pants.

          • meh

            over exaggerate? you know unless you two ^ can see in to the future theres no way you really know whats going to happen. unless now youre able to see into the future and we should start going to you to plan all of our future decision making. the people you pay taxes to still do their job. even if you dont employ their services you cant group them all together and call all of them inept. if youre friend joins the nypd do you automatically write them off as a retard/abusive/unfair/brutal? but seriously GENTRIFICATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS STOP CONNECTING TWO VERY WEAKLY RELATED ISSUES. the fact that you can’t interfere all depends on the context of the situation obviously. if you step in for obvious reason sure it’s fine but the biggest assumption that people on this board seem to make is “”"”"”"”"”"”" old chinese guy does nothing but sit there and play music. cops say stop . cops start beating him up? doesnt something seem a little off in between these sequence of events ? did all those cops have anger issues or something? also “i dont ask you white people” what now youre assuming my race? im friggen asian. and as far as respecting people.. go this entire paragraph

            Don’t forget about the disrespect that these newcomers (*cough* white people *cough*) express. Not only are you moving into a Chinese community, you are disrespecting people’s cultural expression. I don’t ask you white people to wear looser pants.

            is unbelievably stupid did you even read what you were writing? respecting the chinese community? people like you who go off on all these assumptions or just ignorant as shit MAKE room for disrespect to so easily flow in. lets see what doesnt make sense.. new comers express disrespect? pretty sure chinese people are moving in to flushing in bigger groups is that a problem or is it only a problem when chinese people are being affected? should we force every chinese person out of astoria jackson heights coney island or other areas where they arent predominantly located? “not only are you moving into a chinese community” what? there is a problem here? if youre so worried about your community being mixed in with another community why are you even in america? or maybe.. why are you so anti-social and afraid of change. “you are disrespecting peoples cultural expression” by entering their community you’ve disrespected them? or are you saying because the old guy couldnt play his cultural music in public the cops were being disrespectful? lets see… if chinatown is mostly chinese people….. WHO CALLED THE COPS YOU IDIOT. were the cops being culturally unaware? NO they are doing their jobs. The culturally insensitive person as you assumed is the caller, but even then i would eventually get annoyed if someone was playing msuic all day. “i dont ask you white people to wear looser pants” what? Overall its clear youre VERY racist, or very ignorant to your surroundings/environment.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kitty-Lau/26309902 Kitty Lau

    5-6 cops to take down 1 elderly man in the park for singing and noise complaints, that’s completely uncalled for.
    It wasn’t as if this guy was armed and dangerous that he required 5-6 cops to take him down. It boggles my mind that of all times they want to “effectively” respond to a noise complaint this is what happens. I don’t see them going to this level to make other noise complaint levels and they sure as hell did not respond to my complaints of music blasting at 3AM from 2 buildings away, and yet somehow they managed to respond to this noise complaint.
    It absolutely disgusts me that WE are paying for these asshole cops’ salaries….

  • wtf!

    You pigs are messed up.

  • Teeatnyc

    This video is very one sided. Its very obvious that the 60 year old is resisting. What I want to know is where is the beginning of this video. You know the part where the guy was fighting with the cops prior to ending up on the floor? Very once sided video. Trust me I have no love for most of the NYC cops out there. I think most of them are idiots but lets be fair here wheres the beginning of this video? This only shows one part of the incident. Come on now people are we that naive?

    • Asldlf

      what is a unarm 60 year old gonna do? the amount of force was necessary?

    • Tom

      To answer the most important of your many questions, it is obvious that you are naive.

      • Obvious

        if the situation was handle properly then there would be no need for ppl to complain about the situation. but for obvious reasons, the person video taping this found that the situation was not being handled properly and thus started video taping it as soon as he/she could. Unless you have a camera running 24/7 in ur hand, you are naive to assume that there was another part of this video taped at all.

    • s.c

      Ha! One sided… I bet you also think OJ is innocent because the glove didn’t fit.

    • Kleptin

      And what would this elderly Chinese man be resisting with? Did he have a sword concealed in his erhu? The beginning of the video probably wouldn’t matter that much. Excessive force is excessive force.

    • guest

      how much resistance can an unarmed elderly muster against 6 cops armed mace, batons and guns?
      that’s one sided. not the video.

      why do you assume there was a fight before the beginning of the video. surely someone would have filmed a fight with cops. but no such video has surfaced. i guess thats why so many of us surmise what you see in this video is the peak drama. not much happened before the beginning of this video.

      you seem overeager to defend NYPD.

  • Vibenyc

    Its all because you yuppies thats moving in to chinatown and fuckin starting shit by calling 311 and make noise complaints because your ass was too fucked up from the night before of partying. This park has been there for yrs before you fuckin yuppies came into our little community. The elderly folks of this community has been there every weekend since before you assholes were born. So go find your own community to move into

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LUIP7LH3PLTMZMXXTNYNZ4HH64 Idiot Hunter

    Fucken douchbag cops. Picking on an old guy, eh? Betcha that’s all they are good for. Look at the asshole dickhead with the mace spray. You feel safer with beer keg in the blue uniform? Mano a mano. Guess what? He would go down like a limp noodle. In Chinatown, where there are hardly any violent crimes being committed here and this fuck face thinks he’s god. Let’s rumble,

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LUIP7LH3PLTMZMXXTNYNZ4HH64 Idiot Hunter

    Fucken douchbag cops. Picking on an old guy, eh? Betcha that’s all they are good for. Look at the asshole dickhead with the mace spray. You feel safer with beer keg in the blue uniform? Mano a mano. Guess what? He would go down like a limp noodle. In Chinatown, where there are hardly any violent crimes being committed here and this fuck face thinks he’s god. Let’s rumble,

  • When_in_newyork

    8 to 80 young dumb crazy … if you haven’t walked a day in the shoes of an NYPD officer maybe you should think before you write a comment on how a NYPD police officer should do his/her job. Everybody likes to monday morning quarterback what they feel should or should not have happened. But lets face it has anyone here ever had to wrestle with someone who is resisting while trying to put handcuffs on said person. And I am not talking about the furry pink cuffs either. It isn’t easy, I don’t care how old or young or skinny or fat or any ethnicity, bottom line is it isn’t easy.

    This is how retarded you people are … if 1 single cop has to take down 1 single person … more damage would have been done on both parties. Why because now the threat is GREATER, so the use of FORCE is GREATER. With 3-4 officers the threat is LESS hence the use of force is LESS.

    THINK LIBERALS THINK … take yourself out of the world of Starbucks and lattes and put yourself in a situation where physical force is imminent. Besides shitting your dockers, there is no mathematical equation on the use of force. A cop doesn’t go to work and say “Hey I think I am going to use 88% of my use of force today how bout you Joe”. The use of force is solely based upon the IMMEDIATE THREAT.

    My point is who are you to judge how much use of force is needed to subdue someone … btw every situation differs … not all 60 year old men are going to need 4 cops to subdue … some might need 2 some might need 6. Some 20 year olds might need 2 the life of an NYPD officer is like a box of chocolates you never know what you’re going to get.

    This video is sad and disturbing no one likes to see anyone get hurt … maybe there was a communication problem btw the non chinese speaking cops and the asian man. The 60 year old man might have thought that the cops were going to take away his beloved musical instrument and he became belligerent, who knows.

    This is NOT police brutality … look at how belligerent the crowd is no one is speaking chinese to them and they aren’t speaking english to the cops. Again a LACK of communication … the Sargent was yelling to get back move back these people do not understand what that means. BUT when you wave a stick thats the Universal language of get the fuck back … it’s not “oh look police trying to hit people bad cop” it’s a deterrent to prevent a full on riot.

    And trust me I am no Fan of the 5th precinct …

    • Enzan01

      It’s understandable how cops act given the circumstance, but this is Columbus Park where the elderly, kids, and families go play, socialize and enjoy entertainment from local performers. It was very stupid for them to complain about the noise considering its Chinatown in New York City during the daytime.. When isn’t it going to be loud?

      Lack of communication on the other hand, is the polices’ fault. There were many Chinese cops in the video and they couldn’t talk to the old man or members of the crowd? What was gonna happen? They were going to get mobbed by a gang of elderly?

      I’m not arguing that how they reacted wouldn’t have been a good idea had it been to subdue an actual criminal, but obviously there’s something wrong when you disrupt the daily lives of a community all cause of noise complaint IN A PARK during the DAYTIME? It’s not like this was 3 in the morning.

    • Kleptin

      I’m neither a liberal nor a conservative. What I take offense to is you pretending to be logical when your entire response hinges on the assumption that any force or attempt to subdue was NECESSARY IN THE FIRST PLACE.

    • Xdarkmage402

      what you are saying is that if it is one cop taking down one man more damage will be done on both parties and less damage if there are more cops, what you mean is less damage will be done on the cop. cops are more or less trained in combat and arrest techniques. going up against an elderly that type of training is more than enough to subdue the elderly without hurting both parties. plus if the cops had a translator ask the elderly man to stop cause he may be causing a disturbance the outcome might have been different. also cops are only allowed to use minimal force to calm someone down if they aren’t cooperating. the amount of force shown in this video and blood on his face shows not only did the nypd use too much force but also assaulted the man. you say we shouldn’t judge and can’t judge how much force is needed. cops are trained no matter what the circumstances are they have to do by law what the “reasonable person” would have done and in this case a trained officer going against a elderly man a reasonable act would not have been to call in backup and assault him. so before you calling people idiots make sure you know what you are talking about first. unless you were one of the cops or are going to be one and understand how the system works, don’t call people idiots, because until the truth comes out anyones opinion is just as good as yours.

    • resident

      I’ve lived in the area for all my life and I have to tell you, it takes A FUCKIN LOT to piss off a crowd of OLD CHINESE PEOPLE…trust me, they take a lot of random shit from everyone from the park officials to the MTA to others just looking down on them, there’s a reason why elderly Chinese have ridiculously low crime rates. If you haven’t talked to these people and seen just how passive they are, it’s ridiculous, the main reason people around the area and lived there are so on their side is because of their passive reputation. Anyone who can piss off that crowd must’ve did some really messed up stuff.

      Heck, next to this area is another side of the park that actually suffers fights and muggings pretty often and I always wondered where the fuck the police were.

    • Guest

      “if 1 single cop has to take down 1 single person … more damage would have been done on both parties”?
      astute observation. good thing only one person got messed up instead of the cop handling this properly so that no one would get hurt and no arrest would have to be made. so glad people like you exist to think these things through for us before giving us such an enlightening rant.

      also, please don’t use the word “retarded”. it’s offensive.

    • fuckpigs

      your fuckin retarded just shut the fuck up fuck pigs.

    • guest

      most of cops out there are bullys that didn’t want to go to college and want an 80k starting salary that guarantees 6 figures in 3 years while waving a stick and holding a gun. notice they are never around to stop any real crimes. there are good cops out there, but most are just scum

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  • Tom

    This is exactly why there are tens of millions of dollars paid in settlements a year because of violence by the NYPD. As long as the citizens of NYC keep allowing the police to act in this manner and subsidize it with their taxes, then lawyers like myself will continue to help these victims get their monetary “justice”. The wheel keeps on turning, as long as you all keep accepting your police state.

    • Buhosd

      Tom, if you a lawyer you are a very bad lawyer…

      This video doesn’t show the whole story. It is
      easy to judge and criticize those cops and call them names without having the
      facts of what really happened. Just because the old guy has a bloody face and
      is on the floor “it has to be police brutality” right?. Well, This is not the
      case.

      I was there, I saw what happened.
      In fact two of the officers at the park spoke the old man’s native language. The
      short officer with glasses calmly tried, unsuccessfully, for about 15 minutes
      to persuade the old man into taking his loud speakers and leave the park.

      Tom, did you know you
      need a permit to utilize “sound reproductive devices” in the city
      of New York? Here is the link look it
      up.http://law.onecle.com/new-york/new-york-city-administrative-code-new-/ADC010-108_10-108.html.
      For everyone else posting on this site,
      besides the hand full of people that actually gave the cops the benefit of the doubt,
      you are wrong about how the whole situation went down.

      Of course if I post a
      15 minutes video of two cops calmly talking to a 30+agitaded group of people in the park, no one will watch it. As matter of fact, that’s not even worth
      recording. Right or wrong? But wait. What if I just delete the first 10
      minutes of the boring cops talking, and the part where they asked the old man
      for identification and he refuses, and
      when one cop tries to handcuff him and the old
      man assumes a fighting stance and then two more cops have to intervene and ultimately
      a fourth cop. Nah, that’s not good enough either. That just shows that the cops
      are doing what they suppose to do. So, let me just show the video when the old
      guy is on the floor with a bloody face. That’s
      for sure police brutality, isn’t it? Well, people get the facts before jumping
      into conclusions. I was there, I can
      tell you what happened and that video only shows a very small part of the incident
      at Columbus Park.

      • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LUIP7LH3PLTMZMXXTNYNZ4HH64 Idiot Hunter

        Sir. You do make a valid point, however, look at who is bleeding. What we are referring to is violence used and exerted, on what? A 60-year old guy? Why didn’t the cops use mace instead? Let me tell you why I know. On 9/11, as I was running away from the twin towers, trying to avoid the debris cloud, I stopped to catch my breath, then heard a plane above, and was scanning the sky to see what it was and it was a military plane. Guess what a cop threatened to do to me? And I quote, “Keep moving or I’ll lock you up!!”. I was among thousands of people fleeing the danger and a cop threaten to arrest me. Go ahead. Explain that away. What we are talking about is police brutality, the methodology being employed. Use necessary force when needed. This is NOT a police state. Take the blinders off, eh?

      • Anon

        Funny how your link doesn’t work.

      • Anon

        “Sound reproductive devices,” huh? So any device that reproduces sounds? I don’t see cops cops scrapping people’s faces against the concrete every time they see a person with an iPod + headphones. You, are a bad lawyer.

      • Guest

        Yeah, well too bad you didn’t film it, so we’ll never know, now will we?

      • ComplainMuch

        he showed his permit and they threw it away …

        • ComplainMuch

          once they threw it away the dude went to pick it up but they said he fought back just because he was trying to pick it up …. its totally fked up

      • Sandy

        You’re calling him a bad lawyer for defending the elderly? Well, Bushod, whoever you are, you are a horrible person.

        Columbus Park is a public forum where all citizens are ALLOWED to exercise any form of expression meaning the elderly can do whatever they please that does not harm other people. Who are the cops to tell him to stop playing the music he loves? Who are the cops to take out whips or pepper spray to PHYSICALLY ABUSE the other elder man who was begging the officer to let his friend go? These morons that call themselves “police officers” have violated the First Amendment.

        The man did not live for 64 years to see such injustice and have 3-4 police officers on him to cuff him no matter how wrong or loud he was. If there were complaints, the people in the community itself would have went over to the old man to tell him so.

        I may be biased as a Chinese American. But I have lost all hope in the NYPD because when my house got broken into, the NYPD took 2 hours to take action. In that 2 hours, I could have been killed by the burglars.

        NYPD, get your act together and be the police force that we, Americans, can be proud of.

  • Guest

    It is disgusting that we are paying tax for under-trained police officers in the city. Was it necessary for them to take down an elderly man who plays instrument at the park frequently? The essence of Columbus park is to serve and give reasons for elderly to come together and enjoy. Would a warning not be sufficient enough? Just because there was a noise complaint means you have to tackle down and elderly and mace down a couple of armless, unarmed elders? I have already sent a complaint to the NYC Civilian Complaint Board. If you really care about this issue — especially with cops MISCONDUCT, please do the same!

    NYC need to revamp their criteria on becoming a police offier!

  • Joanie Kwok

    I do not agree with the amt of force that was used on the man, but that is also just my opinion as the amt force used is at the discretion of the police officers in any given situation. The video is very one-sided since it begins when the the individual is already in custody of the police at the scene.

    The q. is what was going on prior to the start of the video or what complaint was filed that forced the police officers to take this kind of action on one individual. Before we turn this into an Al Sharpton esque manhunt, we should find out all facts.

    Sidenote, q a few of the police officers were present looked like Asian, assuming that that they spoke Cantonese, they should’ve been able to converse with the individual in question.

    • Guest

      It’s also wrong to assume a lot of Asian-descendants speak an Asian language.

      • Guest1

        why is it wrong?? why do we have to be so politically correct?? Statistics is on our side that immigrants make up the majority of Asian Americans and we could safely assume that they speak their native tongue or learned at thome.

        • 123

          Because Asians born in America are not immigrants. Do all White people in America know their ancestral languages like German or Irish?

        • Sandy

           I am a Chinese-American. I was born in New York City. I barely know Chinese. But I am defending the elderly.
          Give me proof if you think this is right. Prove to me that the elder man was wrong. Make me see the good in NYPD.

          If you can’t, then please stop talking.

    • Kleptin

      You make some good points, but I need to ask you, what exactly would we need to see at the beginning of the video in order to justify what we see in the second part? Do you think this elderly man pulled out a gun? Because anything less would still make the NYPD look pretty bad in this situation.

  • Nancy Ding

    i dont understand why this was necessary at all. I got to know the chinatown area really well during the last few months due to a program i’m in and seeing these elders there every single week has been a unique cultural experience. I don’t understand why the complaints start now. I also don’t understand why the police went to the point of arrest (although we ARE missing a video of the entire event). I think that a simple “hey turn it down a bit” would have been enough.

  • http://mingum.blogspot.com/ Jill

    What this story needs is some actual reporting about what happened.

  • tc

    I am so disgusted. Already, I can see their arrogance and their smugness because they’re “men in uniform.” Them threatening to spray the onlookers with mace … pushing the elderly … that is just uncalled for. I hope the man sues the NYPD. I’m sure if the police just told the man to stop, he would have stopped … I don’t understand the need for violence.

  • Michelle(:

    WOWWWW, watching the video got me so fucking mad. are they fucking kidding me? what right do they have to fucking tackle and hold down a elderly whose just playing a instrument. he wasn’t breaking any law was he? i doubt he was playing for money either. and its a PARK, whats a park without noise? does the NYPD expect the park to be all quiet and shit ? i dont think so. how would the NYPD enjoy it if one of their relatives who were elderly were playing an instrument and got arrested? what they did was disgusting and a stain to New York’s finest. my fucking ass its “finest”, aren’t they suppose to be looking out for the community? the police had to go to the park to tackle a old man cause of a noise complaint -.- shows how degrading the police force has become, they should of been doing actual police work rather than arresting a INNOCENT man. this is unfair, and to see asian officers on the police force who arrested him WITHOUT EVEN BACKING HIM UP is shameful to asians -.-”

  • Guest

    this is so freaking retarded. it’s b/c he’s asian, isnt it? there were a large group protesting creating a public disturbance. The cops were there but all they did was tell them to stop whistling but they continued screaming. Did the cops beat them up? no. Why? probably cuz they were all white. freaking racist bastards.

  • Lubomeric

    Fucking pigs, completely uncalled for

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000003999789 Victor Ou

    fuck the poooliiiice they mad stupid and they are rasist to asians, as u cuys can clearly see, the cops are all white FREAKIN RASISM SUCKS .

    • Guest

      Are you just stupid? can you clearly not see the two asian cops in the video that tried talking to him before this all happend it was clear he was resisting and thats why they did what they did

  • hello

    okay, lol, let me get this straight.

    someone complains about noise in the park (this is just silly, if you want it to be quiet, go to a library), so the NYPD come and …. wait, weren’t they supposed to quiet things down???
    this is so confusing ….

  • LiLi

    if u have a facebook account then u should really go check out this event regarding this video : http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=114225345330438 its called “Town Meeting on Police Brutality against Chinatown Elderly Man”

    DETAILS :

    On May 25th, 2011 Wed people will be gathering in front of 19 Elizabeth Street, NY 5th Precinct in chinatown 4pm-7pm regarding the beating of this old man in this video, so far over 800 people are attending, for more details click link above to check it out..

  • Guest

    if u have a FB account then u should really go check out this event regarding this video : http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=114225345330438 its called “Town Meeting on Police Brutality against Chinatown Elderly Man”

    DETAILS :

    On May 25th, 2011 Wed people will be gathering in front of 19 Elizabeth Street, NY 5th Precinct in chinatown 4pm-7pm regarding the beating of this old man in this video, so far over 800 people are attending to request for the police report of that incident, for more details click link above to check it out..

  • Kleptin

    Although the police are clearly at fault for reasons of their own, the issue stems from the person who made the call. The police were simply doing their jobs (albeit a little brainlessly). The person who decided to call 311 should be dragged out to defend themselves. Anyone who is part of the Chinatown community knows how absurd it is for one of our own to be bothered by anything going on at that park, much less call 311. Most of the inhabitants have no idea what 311 is. The person who made the call is clearly an outsider. Chinatown welcomes those who want to be part of the community or even those who want to be left alone. But if you are intolerant of how the culture of Chinatown goes, and are willing to abuse city resources and politics to your own selfish needs, if you are prone to doing so at the expense of the lifestyle of the people who have been a part of this community and developed it for decades prior, you are better off living somewhere else.

  • passerby

    ugh why can’t they spend their time doing more meaningful things other than beat down one man…omg nypd disgusts me sometimes…

  • Sammiewu

    What the hell is wrong with coops?

  • Guest

    this whole incident started as a noise complaint
    the protesting of all of the people in the video, as well as the press that this place is going to get in the next few days will be much noisier than before

    the least the cops could do is get the job done if they ended up getting double the hate mail for it

  • TransparentWings

    This absolutely disgusts me and this is just a great example of the ineffective police forces of NYC. It also definitely depicts the everlasting racism towards Chinese minorities…I can’t believe that the police would assault an elderly man for simply playing an instrument…We are in America, a country claimed to have freedom. If this man does not have the freedom to do such a harmless thing like this, I don’t know what freedom is. We have to take a stand. There will be a meeting on May 25, at 19 Elizabeth Street (5th Precinct) in Chinatown at 4:00 pm. Hopefully if enough people show up to this meeting with the police and everyone in New York then understand the gravity of this incident.

    • Kevin Li

      What racism? The cops were also Chinese. If there was any racism, blame the people who called the cops over. I doubt those people were Chinese.

      • Sandy

         Only 1-2 of the cops are Chinese. Please rewatch the video.

  • ren17

    APPPALLLLED! How upsetting. To know policemen extort their power and did u see he even threated other elderly, seriously? do u need to take out the mace? There are definitely more civil ways of handling the situation. Possibly a few translators would have been a good idea, or if not they can negotiate with the poor man. Possibly asking him to move to another spot. No need to cuff him and beat him, he was even bleeeding. Ugh… such PIGS!

    Def. guys, please show up for the town meeting at ctown on elizabeth st. On May 25th at 4-7pm. To express your concerns on police brutality against civilians. Thanks.https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114225345330438

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  • Afro

    read the comments first before you post you’re “furious”, because there is no need to be.

  • http://profiles.google.com/stevenhuang4 Steven Huang

    Let’s for argument sakes say that he was resisting arrest. You mean to tell me one or two NYC’s “FINEST” couldn’t subdue a 60 year old skinny guy? They have to resort to beating him down with a baton? Please. Have NYC cops gotten weak? And the other guy who made the point about lawsuits could not be more right. There’s millions of dollars of OUR money being paid out in lawsuits because of police brutality in the city. We only hear about the highly documented cases.

  • Guest

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=500020744 Jun Trevor

    OMG, We need to get the cop’s ID and file a compliant on him. 

  • http://twitter.com/fivespicealley 五香路

    Unbelievable. This is really upsetting.

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