Officers Involved In Postal Worker's Arrest Disciplined
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Four plainclothes officers and a lieutenant involved in handcuffing a postal worker while he delivered packages on his route in Brooklyn have been disciplined.
The incident took place on March 17 and was captured on cell phone video.
Glenn Grays, 27, was in the middle of his shift on Saint Patrick's Day when he claims an unmarked police car nearly ran him over in Crown Heights. He said he then shouted at the officers, who stopped and demanded identification.
"My ID right there on the side of the truck," Grays can be heard saying in the video.
"Let's go get your ID," an officer says.
"I'm not going nowhere," Grays responds. "I'm delivering my postal route."
The video then shows the officers telling Grays to "stop resisting" even though it doesn't appear that he is resisting.
"I'm not resisting!" Grays yelled back.
Grays was then handcuffed and put in the unmarked patrol car, his mail truck left unattended. That's when the video ended.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton previously said he was "very concerned" about the incident.
"I'm very concerned about the performance of the officers, about the leadership role of the lieutenant involved and about the processing of the arrest at the precinct stationhouse," Bratton said.
Grays had said he wanted the officers involved disciplined, but not fired.
The supervising lieutenant was placed on modified assignment. His badge and gun were taken and he was assigned to desk duty. The three officers with the lieutenant at the time remain on full duty but are out of plainclothes and back to uniform patrol.
