New York police officer seen in video kicking a man in the back is suspended . Incident highlights lingering tension between community and nation 's largest police force . `` I was very concerned with a video that was taken and the actions of one of our officers who was scene kicking an individual , '' Bratton told reporters . The incident occurred on July 17 at about 1 a.m. when Officer Peter Figoski was patrolling an area of Brooklyn where he had been called to investigate reports that two men were fighting.
New York police officer seen in video kicking a man in the back is suspended . Incident highlights lingering tension between community and nation 's largest police force . The incident occurred on July 17 at about 1 a.m. when Officer Peter Figoski was patrolling an area of Brooklyn where he had been called to investigate reports that two men were fighting.