Video After The Jump
NEW YORK (CBS New York) -- An NYPD officer has been suspended after responding to a fight involving a group of girls on Staten Island.
Video of the incident has people split on how the situation was handled.
The 8-second clip, which has spread on social media, shows an NYPD officer repeatedly punching a young girl. The girl, 14-year-old Kyonna Robinson, is also seen swinging toward the officer.
"He pushed me & then I punched him in his face 2 times & we just started fighting," Robinson said.
She said it all started when her 12-year-old sister got in a fight with another girl after school on Tuesday.
"The girl is bigger than my sister, fighting my sister, of course I'm gonna jump in. I didn't even know what was going on. I just ran over there," Robinson said.
Robinson said she saw an officer putting her sister in handcuffs. She is seen approaching & then nudging the cop, who pushes back.
It escalates from there.
"I don't care who you are. You touch me, I'm gonna fight back," Robinson said.
The NYPD tweeted, in part, "The actions of those officers is under investigation by the Internal Affairs Bureau. One officer has been suspended."
Carol Smith, a retired NYPD officer who lives in the area, gave her input.
"He should have never been suspended, at all. That's my opinion," Smith said. "I always say to people, before you judge an officer, imagine being put in that situation and how would you react?"
When asked what it was like to be in that situation, Robinson said, "I was disappointed in the NYPD. I'm a whole child. Why are you putting your hands on me? You're supposed to be breaking up the fight."
Robinson was charged as a juvenile with assaulting an officer & resisting arrest. She said she was taken to the hospital with a bump on her head & headache, but is doing okay.
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