[BJEugene]

They were undercover, he ran, they got pissed, and took it out on his face. When are they going to either get rid of these undercovers or use them correctly in conjunction with uniformed officers?

I'm sure I would do the same if I saw someone running straight at me (with force). This scares me a bit because I will be moving to the city as a young adult and do not want to end up in the hospital, having to have surgery because a stupid “mistake” by the NYPD. I want to be able to trust the local police and seeing this, this changes my opinion on them.

If NYC cops did not have a loooong history of abusing the public, they'd get the benefit of the doubt. The FACT is that the friendly-neighborhood policeman of myth has been turned into a commando that is now charged with going after people to "protect us" from "urban terrorists" like this kid.

Do stories like these happen frequently in New York?

Now, using your judgment, what's the plausibility of falling on your face and severely damaging only your eye? Wouldn't you think that your nose and/or your cheek would also show injury?

It's not hard to visualize.

This was actually said in the actual video by the elderly man sitting with the interviewer. And I agree, a simple fall would not have done this much damage, and other parts of his face would be scratched up.