Brutal: Video of NYPD Cop Bodyslamming Teen Sparks Outrage

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Video of an NYPD police officer bodyslamming a teenager has sparked outrage among many observers.

Officer Michael O’Brien says he caught 19-year-old Sean Pagan evading a subway fare, and when O’Brien confronted Pagan and tried to arrest him, Pagan resisted. That’s the officer’s story. But as the tape is rolling, you can clearly see Pagan standing with his hands held high up against the wall. At that point, it didn’t appear that he was offering much resistance.

There is no way to be sure, but it appears as though Pagan began to wiggle and squirm when Officer O’Brien touched his groin area during the search. That could, technically, be considered resistance, but does it warrant being bodyslammed onto the cement pavement twice?