New York ( CNN ) -- For the second time this summer , a New York City police officer has been stripped of his badge and gun after video surfaced showing what community leaders call a heavy-handed police response . The latest incident to highlight lingering tension with the nation 's largest police force occurred Sunday when a handful of officers attempted to disperse a group of vendors in order to reopen traffic after the conclusion of a Brooklyn street fair . In a video taken by an onlooker and posted to Facebook , words are exchanged and officers attempt to arrest a man . A woman intervenes and pushing and shoving ensues . Later , once officers have the young man on the ground , one officer punches him while another kicks him in the back . The scene grows tense , with witnesses taking video of the pushing and shoving and civilians tussling with officers . Five people were arrested on charges ranging from second-degree assault to resisting arrest to obstruction of government administration , police said . `` What we see here is people get assaulted , get hurt and the same thing goes without any sort of accountability , '' Brooklyn resident Dennis Flores told CNN affiliate NY1 News . `` It keeps repeating itself . '' On Wednesday , Police Commissioner William Bratton said the unidentified officer seen in the video kicking the man has been relieved of his badge and gun pending an internal affairs investigation . `` 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 . `` As best ( as ) I can tell -- looking at that video -- ( it ) seemed unprovoked . That officer has been suspended ... We will treat those types of actions very seriously . '' The tactics of the NYPD came under fire after the July 17 death of Eric Garner , 43 . He died after being placed in a chokehold by an officer during an arrest for selling loose cigarettes on Staten Island . The incident , which was captured on video , led to anti-police demonstrations . The New York Medical Examiner 's Officer last month ruled his death a homicide . During the encounter , Garner raised both hands in the air and told the officers not to touch him . Seconds later , a video shows an officer behind him grab the 350-pound man in a choke hold and pull him to the sidewalk , rolling him onto his stomach . `` I ca n't breathe ! I ca n't breathe ! '' Garner said repeatedly , his cries muffled into the pavement . The cause of Garner 's death was `` compression of neck ( chokehold ) , compression of chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police , '' said Julie Bolcer , a spokeswoman for the medical examiner 's office . Acute and chronic bronchial asthma , obesity and hypertensive cardiovascular disease were listed as contributing factors in a controversial death that sparked calls for a federal investigation . Officer Daniel Pantaleo , who is seen on the video choking Garner , was put on modified assignment and stripped of his badge and gun amid the investigation , the New York Police Department said . A second police officer was placed on desk duty . The chokehold is prohibited by the NYPD . Two EMTs and two paramedics were suspended without pay , according to Erika Hellstrom , vice president of development at Richmond University Medical Center . After Sunday 's confrontation between police and street vendors in Brooklyn 's Sunset Park section , officials wrote Bratton to demand a `` broader conversation '' about relations with the community . `` We find the physical aggression that is depicted in witness videos disturbing , '' City Council member Carlos Menchaca wrote in a letter with Rep. Nydia Velasquez of New York . `` In the last few months , we have seen far too many signs of a deeply strained relationship between the police and our Sunset Park neighborhood ... We are community of immigrants that has historically felt isolated from the police . We are a community that has feared the use of excessive force by the NYPD . '' Earlier this month , Bratton announced that all NYPD officers will undergo a three-day retraining period on the proper use of force when engaging a suspect . The training will focus on how officers can avoid physical confrontations when talking to and restraining suspects , as well as how to safely take them into custody without bringing harm to either the individual or the officer . Officers will also undergo a leadership and cultural sensitivity workshop . CNN 's Shimon Prokupecz contributed to this report .
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.