NYPD Stopped Latino Teen for Riding Bike on sidewalk - Beating by Police Caught on Video

 From [HERE] [SEE Video HERE] The NYPD is investigating a claim of excessive force by its officers while they were arresting a Bronx teen, authorities said yesterday. Jorge Cartagena Jr., 19, was approached by cops in a Westchester Square deli last Friday after the officers saw him riding his bicycle on the sidewalk, according to a report.

Surveillance video from the bodega shows the teen, Jorge Cartagena Jr., saying something to an unidentified officer. The cop then whirls around, grabs the teen, and throws him into the wall. The officer's partner then helps push the youth onto the ground, where he is cuffed and arrested. ."He was slamming my head against the floor over and over," Cartagena said."I'm so hurt. They're the police. They're suppose to be there to help us," Jorge Cartagena Jr. said. He spent 24 hours in custody but was released with just a citation for riding his bike on the sidewalk, WABC reported.

 Jorge Sr. says seeing the bruises and scratches on his son's face and body and watching the surveillance video led him to file a complaint against the officers. The NYPD confirms Internal Affairs is investigating the incident.

"I want them to be reprimanded for it," Cartagena Sr. said.What his son wants is to believe in the police again.

"People are supposed to call these guys for help. And to see what they did, if it was a regular person that would have been assault," Cartagena Jr. said.