The NYPD said two of its officers were placed on modified duty and are under review following a violent arrest at a Brooklyn liquor store that left the suspect bloodied and beaten. Video shows the two plain clothes officers get into a physical confrontation with a man whom they are trying to arr est, kicking and punching him repeatedly as he bleeds inside BK Wine Depot in Boerum Hill on Tuesday. One of the officers stomps on the man as he was handcuffed. The officers eventually wrestle the man to the floor and drag him to the door. The video circulated widely on social media Wednesday, catching the attention of elected leaders. Commissioner Jessica Tisch spoke about the incident during an unrelated press conference. “I have seen the video, I have been briefed on it and this matter is under internal review by our Internal Affairs Bureau and we will have more to say about it as that investigation unfolds. But I understand the community interest in it because it is an upsetting video,” Tisch said. “I believe that the two officers have been or are being modified at this time,” she said, with the officers having their guns and shields removed. The video does not show what sort of interaction took place before the violent scuffle, though police laid out a timeline of events that led up to it, saying there had been an undercover drug sting operation in the works. An undercover officer purchased crack cocaine from a man in the neighborhood who was arrested a short time later. Officers then spotted someone who they said matched the description of the dealer’s partner across the street. They then went up to the man, identified themselves as cops and went to place him under arrest, the NYPD said. While the man, identified by his family as Timothy Brown, was charged with resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration, he was not charged in connection with the alleged drug deal because it was later determined he was not involved. Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged the footage in a post on X. “The violence used by NYPD officers in this video is extremely disturbing and unacceptable. Officers should never treat a person this way. The NYPD is conducting a full investigation into this incident,” the mayor said. The man who was beaten was out of the hospital Wednesday night, according to his mother, who told NBC New York over the phone that she wants justice for her son — and wants the officers fired. Other groups were rallying behind the family as well. “I feel like everybody saw police beating a man like it was a video from the 1950s or the 1960s. The only problem, it’s 2026,” said Hawk Newsome, of BLM New York. In response to the video, the president of the Detectives Endowment Association (DEA) wrote that “NYPD detectives put their lives on the line daily, doing the dangerous work politicians would never have the courage to do. Narcotics detectives arrest you and tell you to put your hands behind your back and  don’t comply, what do you think happens?” The statement from DEA President Scott Munro concluded by saying all the facts need to come out “before anyone rushes to judgement.” This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser. ...read more read less