A New York City Parks employee is under investigation after grabbing a teenage girl and placing her in handcuffs after she was caught allegedly selling fruit from an unlicensed cart with her family in Lower Manhattan on Sunday afternoon, according to witnesses.
Video of the Battery Park incident shared on X (formerly Twitter) shows a man wearing an NYC Parks uniform grabbing the 14-year-old girl, who is handcuffed, as bystanders shout and try to pull her away. The chaotic video shows the officer yanking the girl’s arm as angry bystanders scream, “What are you doing? and “Let her go!” Other bystanders can also be seen trying to intervene, grabbing at the officer and attempting to pull him away from the girl. During the scuffle, the Parks officer can be seen falling to the ground.
