NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- In the latest in a string of high-profile police brutality incidents caught on video, two NYPD officers are under criminal investigation after surveillance footage of them beating and pistol-whipping a Brooklyn teenager surfaced Tuesday.
On August 29, 16-year-old Kahreem Tribble dropped a bag he was carrying which contained marijuana and ran away from two police officers who had purportedly stopped him without probable cause.
After leading police on a short foot chase, Tribble thought better of running, stopped and turned with his hands raised in surrender, and was immediately struck with a right hook by Officer Tyrane Isaac, who was giving chase with his gun drawn.
In the video, obtained by DNAinfo, Tribble collapses, puts up no fight, and appears to be cuffed as the video shows Isaac continuing to strike the teenager with his fists.
A second officer, David Afanador appears and points a gun at Tribble before pistol whipping the already detained and subdued teen.
"My client is a kid, he's 16 years old, and was going home when the cops decided to chase him for no reason," Amy Rameau, Tribble's lawyer, told Mashable.
"The boy did nothing wrong," she said. "He was coming from a friend's house. They had no probable cause."
Tribble suffered several broken teeth and facial swelling from the beating.
"They refused to take him to the hospital," Rameau said. "They lodged false charges against him, and the bulk of those charges have already been dismissed."
Isaac and Afanador are under internal investigation. Afanador has been suspended without pay. Isaac has been placed on modified duty, with pay.
"This has to be dealt with by the city mayor and police commissioner," Rameau said. "I wont be satisfied until I see a criminal prosecution of this case."
"They conducted themselves like criminals and should be treated accordingly," she added.
A grand jury may rule on whether to charge the officers as early as next week.
