Video: NYPD Officer Knocks Teenager Out Cold For Smoking A Cigarette
After being stopped for smoking a cigarette, a police officer apparently knocked out a Brooklyn teenager with one blow, hitting him so hard he now has neurological problems, according to the boy’s family.
[su_center_ad]17-year-old Marcel Hamer was reportedly walking home from school smoking a cigarette when a plainclothes officer stopped him, apparently suspecting the cigarette contained marijuana, according to Gawker.
According to lawyers for the Hamer family, the incident occurred about 3:30 pm on June 4th when the plainclothes cop jumped out of a car and accused him of smoking marijuana.
The incident was partially captured on video.
The civil suit states that Hamer was hit so hard he passed out.
The Brooklyn Paper reports:
The moment of the apparent knockout blow is partially obscured in the footage, but the officer appears to punch Hamer in the face with his left hand, prompting protests from Hamer’s friends.
Hamer was eventually charged with—and pleaded guilty to—disorderly conduct. The NYPD told reporters Internal Affairs is investigating the matter.
“Mister, it was just a cigarette, sir,” Hamer says in the video, repeating, “It was just a cigarette.”
“You knocked him out!” a female friend yells.
“Wake up, Cello,” another friend says.
Hamer has suffered from headaches, dizziness, and memory loss since the incident, his mother said.
“He is always complaining of headaches and he cannot remember things,” Mary Hamer said. “He used to be pretty sharp, and now I am helping him.”
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Rusty Shackleford October 9th, 2014 at 9:09 am
Pig thinks he’s an action movie star, and that you can hit people so hard they lose consciousness without causing serious brain damage.
M D Reese October 9th, 2014 at 12:49 pm
The irony here is that cannabis can help protect against brain injuries, and help to heal them. Of course, tobacco does neither.
rg9rts October 9th, 2014 at 9:15 am
It was a mistake..he thought it was part of the knock out game
djpricefla October 9th, 2014 at 4:50 pm
Whatchu know about that?
rg9rts October 9th, 2014 at 5:03 pm
Yjucare
djpricefla October 9th, 2014 at 6:49 pm
Cause i just may ask u for a light…
rg9rts October 10th, 2014 at 3:17 am
I quit
djpricefla October 10th, 2014 at 10:56 am
You’ve never played the knock out game!!!
OldLefty October 10th, 2014 at 11:09 am
You mean;
KNOCK OUT GAME
Despite the hysterical scaremongering, street crimes
committed by strangers have actually decreased by an astounding 77% from 1993
to 2010. The fact remains that you are still far more likely to be beaten,
robbed, sexually assaulted or murdered by someone you know.
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/vvcs9310.pdf
And for once, some people in a position to know better
aren’t giving in to the panic. Police commissioners across the country are
expressing skepticism about the very existence of any “knockout game” trend.
Many of the major stories connected to it have turned out to be unsubstantiated
or outright hoaxes. And news outlets from NPR to Slate have declared the
knockout game to be an urban myth, not a trend or growing cluster of evil.
Every few years, the “trend” of bored
delinquents assaulting random strangers gets some new designation. Back in the
late 1980s and early 1990s, it was “wilding.” In the mid-aughts in
the the U.K., it was “happy-slapping.” In recent years, the news
media in my hometown, Philadelphia, was filled with stories of “flash
mobs.” (Every report on knockout gives it a different name, too:
“point ’em out, knock ’em out,” “one-hitter quitter,”
“knockout king.”)
There is particular concern
within the department that widespread coverage could create the atmosphere
where such a “game” could take hold in New York.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/11/27/247366898/the-knockout-game-an-old-phenomenon-with-fresh-branding
rg9rts October 10th, 2014 at 2:22 pm
Its not a game…and YOU know better
djpricefla October 10th, 2014 at 6:22 pm
Never met better, not by name anyway.
StoneyCurtisll October 9th, 2014 at 10:25 am
The police seem to be out of control all across the US..
Black and white cops are power crazed and over zealous.
Even if this kid was smoking a joint, why the beat down?
Skydog2 October 9th, 2014 at 11:10 am
Do you think it’s possible there’s more to the story? What was the disorderly conduct?
M D Reese October 9th, 2014 at 12:48 pm
Getting in the way of the cop’s fist probably. Of course, if you dodge, then it’s resisting arrest.
pauly October 9th, 2014 at 2:44 pm
I DON’T CARE WHAT THE STORY IS! It dose NOT give the cop the right to knock out a minor while on the ground. What the hell is wrong with you Mr. 200 credits? If a cop cannot…or will not…control himself, and do his job, then he is in the wrong profession…end of story!
djpricefla October 9th, 2014 at 4:49 pm
He dosed him alright… couldnt help myself 😉
pauly October 9th, 2014 at 5:22 pm
HA! I’m at work and I have fat fingers. Thanks!
mea_mark October 9th, 2014 at 11:40 am
For the obvious reasons of course, see uzza’s comment.
Mark Hightower October 9th, 2014 at 3:02 pm
F*CK uzza’s comment; that racist POS!
pauly October 9th, 2014 at 2:59 pm
I call it the “George Bush Effect”. Things have got to get so bad, so out of control and so blatantly criminal that people on both sides of the isle agree that something…anything, need to be done.
Maxx44 October 9th, 2014 at 10:54 am
The “hits” keep on coming.
Skydog2 October 9th, 2014 at 11:01 am
“pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct”
Interesting how this isn’t shown on the video.
The article makes it appear he was walking down the street and the cop hit him. Clearly there’s much more to the story.
uzza October 9th, 2014 at 11:34 am
Also not shown on the video is the part where this young gangbanging pimp robbed the local market at gunpoint in the company of his friends in the Mexican drug cartels who beheaded several workers after raping and torturing them for hours while smoking crack cocaine with this young man who then kicked over an old lady’s wheelchair to steal her purse and rummage through it for a cigarette, which he lit and proceeded to walk down the street in a threatening manner toward the Officer who was helping Girl Scouts sell cookies for the local Gospel mission until alerted by the racial slurs and death threats screamed at him by the suspect that showed intent to continue his murderous rampage and left the officer no choice but to defend himself. Heroically.
There ‘s much more to this story.
Mark Hightower October 9th, 2014 at 3:02 pm
Disorderly conduct is an excuse to now have neurological damage? What a f*cked up excuse to abuse a young Black male. This seems to be fine with you.
mea_mark October 9th, 2014 at 3:38 pm
You don’t get sarcasm do you?
pauly October 9th, 2014 at 4:07 pm
Let me repost this because you must have either ignored it or simply dismissed it (my guess is the later)
I DON’T CARE WHAT THE STORY IS or WHAT HE DID PRIOR! It does NOT give the cop the right to knock out a minor while on the ground. What the hell is wrong with you Mr. 200 credits? If a cop cannot…or will not…control himself, and do his job, then he is in the wrong profession…end of story!
Dave October 9th, 2014 at 11:01 am
I know there are good cops out there….but I’m not sure if I can trust any upon first being stopped.
whatthe46 October 9th, 2014 at 6:58 pm
unfortunately, its the roll of the dice.
LoriBelle October 9th, 2014 at 11:37 am
I’m a little confused that a cop cannot tell the difference between cigarette smoke and smoke from marijuana. I’ve never smoked either, but have been around long enough to know the difference.
whatthe46 October 9th, 2014 at 6:57 pm
you can definitely SMELL the damn difference.
Stevojax October 9th, 2014 at 12:31 pm
Don’t you know smoking is bad for your health? Let me knock you unconscious to teach you a lesson. The kid should of never pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.
M D Reese October 9th, 2014 at 12:46 pm
So if it had been cannabis, it would be OK to knock him out? Is that SOP in their PD?
Skydog2 October 9th, 2014 at 2:43 pm
Is everyone still pretending the kid was knocked out because he was smoking?
pauly October 9th, 2014 at 3:20 pm
He was knocked out because a cop hit him.
M D Reese October 9th, 2014 at 5:52 pm
Exactly. A cop who had stopped him because he thought the kid’s cigaret was a joint.
pauly October 9th, 2014 at 6:02 pm
But the point is…what he did/did not do or he had/had not in his hands doesn’t matter. Cops need to do their jobs and go home! I don’t care if this kid killed a little old lady!!!! Arrest him within the meets and bounds of the law and bring him to justice. THAT’S THEIR FUCKEN JOB!!! We are NOT paying them it interpret intentions or to administer justice. We have other branches of government for that. Do your job without being a thug or quit and find a job that is better suited to you particular psyche.
M D Reese October 9th, 2014 at 6:05 pm
Well DUH.
fancypants October 9th, 2014 at 4:24 pm
then tell us the rest of the story ?
Denise October 9th, 2014 at 1:24 pm
right, cuz he would be dumb enough to smoke pot for everybody to see. why not ask him? regardless, that was no reason to punch him out. the country won’t be happy until every black male in this county is either in prison or dead
Skydog2 October 9th, 2014 at 2:41 pm
“won’t be happy until every black male in this county is either in prison or dead”
You know the cop is black, right?
Mark Hightower October 9th, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Does it f*cking MATTER?! Black cops are ever WORSE! They’ve embraced the mentality of thee oppressor THINKING that they will be safe.
whatthe46 October 9th, 2014 at 6:55 pm
who gives a flying fk? you think that makes it better? i can just see you salivating while you read this article, being thankful that it wasn’t a white cop. that’s fk’n pathetic. but, what it also suggest by your constant mentioning is that, you were in shock when it wasn’t a white cop and are just too elated to stress “he was a black cop” rant.
Laura Flannery October 9th, 2014 at 4:42 pm
They don’t just do this to black people, they do it to ALL people, blacks are just smart enough to film it and report it. Whitey doesn’t have anyone like Sharpton to fight for us. So anything that happens is largely ignored. If we all banded together we could really do something.
Norm Hull October 9th, 2014 at 2:47 pm
Whatever he was smoking, it was illegal being 17 he can’t smoke cigarettes. I think that’s a misdemeanor that warrants a fine. I looked up fine in the dictionary and could not find anything about pistol whipping in it though. Because of this the cop will need to rewatch the 30-minute training video narrated by Steven Segal. It’s a harsh punishment I know
djpricefla October 9th, 2014 at 4:44 pm
The person who gave/or somehow contributed to him having the ciggarette is the responsible one, or should be, as far as the law concerns, but im pretty sure Segal wouldve hyperextended his elbow, followed by a chop to the throat.
whatthe46 October 9th, 2014 at 6:51 pm
with his parents permission, he could join the military and learn to kill and go off to war.
djpricefla October 9th, 2014 at 7:54 pm
Still wouldnt stop the cops from harrasing him, or maybe shooting him
Norm Hull October 10th, 2014 at 10:47 am
at this point Segal would raise his arm, run out of breath then fall asleep
Skydog2 October 9th, 2014 at 2:57 pm
When the cop got out of the van, the kid ran. Why?
cvryder2000 October 9th, 2014 at 3:18 pm
Kid was black. It was a cop. Why the hell wouldn’t he run?
Skydog2 October 9th, 2014 at 3:48 pm
Kid was black and cop was black.
raincheck October 9th, 2014 at 3:50 pm
Kid was black and cop was typical cop
cvryder2000 October 9th, 2014 at 3:58 pm
Still a cop. A cop is a cop.
whatthe46 October 9th, 2014 at 6:49 pm
all cops are “brothers in arms” or haven’t you heard. you think he should feel safer because its a black cop? if its a bad cop, it doesn’t matter what color he is. .
pauly October 9th, 2014 at 3:20 pm
Good question…why would somebody today be afraid of the cops?
Skydog2 October 9th, 2014 at 3:48 pm
Criminals should be afraid; law abiding citizens shouldn’t be.
pauly October 9th, 2014 at 4:02 pm
ALL criminals should be afraid…even the criminal cops. Problem is, the criminal cops are not afraid because people like you keep supporting their actions.
Sadly in today’s American society people…even law abiding
people, ARE afraid of cops. NOW…the question to you is why?
My guess is that you’re so deeply engrained in subverting
your rights to anything with authority you won’t be able to answer that question. We have had this conversation before SD. I don’t think you have ever come across a situation where the cops have ever been wrong. To a point, that has to be detrimental to your mental health.
Laura Flannery October 9th, 2014 at 4:40 pm
Really sir??? A few months ago the NYPD beat a Chinese man senseless for Jay walking. He was 80. I own a gun to protect me mainly from the government, police and then the criminals. Did you see the video yesterday of the two people getting tased by the cops over a parking ticket? The cops are way out of control. What about the two cops who raped a woman who was passed out drunk in her own home? Wake up
pauly October 9th, 2014 at 5:24 pm
That’s the thing about people like SD here. They are “living the American dream”. Problem is, you have to be asleep to live it.
djpricefla October 9th, 2014 at 4:51 pm
He had a scent of freedom…
pauly October 9th, 2014 at 3:20 pm
From Politicalchute:
We have to get a hold on our police forces, and soon. The events this summer in Ferguson, Missouri should remind everyone how important it is for our police officers to not only have the equipment they need to fight and solve crimes, but to be given a thorough and testable knowledge of basic criminal justice principles. No cop should feel like they are above the law, and no cop should be ignorant of a citizens basic rights to peacefully assemble, even if — especially if — the protests center on police behavior.
But every time you turn on the TV now there’s another story of a cop brutalizing an unarmed suspect by pistol whipping them, or shooting them at point blank range without any provocation. Not all cops are bad cops, but clearly we are not doing a good enough job in teaching our cops to protect and serve, not to patrol and control. They need to be stripped of their armaments and vehicles that turn them into tactical assault teams, and leave that type of activity for the already amply-funded armed forces. Let our cops cop and our soldiers soldier. The two should never have mixed like they did, and you have our country’s post-9/11 hysteria to blame for it.
We pay their salaries. Who cares if they don’t like hearing it? The truth doesn’t get any less true just because it makes you have sad feelings inside.
hard2findu October 9th, 2014 at 8:58 pm
Another reason to shoot police