NYPD cop who was caught on video punching man to the ground and putting a knee on his neck during social-distancing bust quits two days before his departmental trial
An NYPD officer who was seen on video attacking a bystander at an arrest that started as a social-distancing bust in Manhattan has called it quits - just days before his departmental trial. Officer Francisco X. Garcia, resigned from the NYPD on Tuesday, two days before his trial over the brutal on May 2, reported the Daily News. Garcia will still be able to collect his full pension as he was not fired from the NYPD, despite the investigation into his conduct. During the incident, Garcia was in the process of arresting two people on a Lower East Side sidewalk for marijuana possession after stopping them based on a suspected social-distancing violation. He then appeared to put his knee Shakiem Brunson's neck as onlookers yelled. Video shows Garcia get up and approach a bystander, threatening him with a Taser and telling him not to 'flex' and to 'get the f*** back' The bystander, Donni Wright, 33, steps forward toward Garcia, who immediately takes him down, punchi