Brian Zumhagen
Brian Zumhagen has been a weekend anchor at WNYC since 2003. His career in journalism started in 1993, with an internship in the press office of the German Green Party’s parliamentary delegation. Brian went on to spend the rest of the ‘90s working as a reporter, producer, and fill-in anchor at NPR member station KQED in San Francisco. He’s returned to Germany several times over the years for reporting projects. Most recently, he won a grant from the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship to produce radio features for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Before coming to WNYC, Brian was a frequent contributor to PRI’s The World. He reported for the program on 9/11 and served as the show’s United Nations correspondent during the run-up to the Iraq war. Brian lives in Queens with his wife and children.
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The level of violence used by these officers to subdue someone who was not resisting arrest is very disturbing. Once he was subdued why were they pounding him? The images tell the full story; this man was unarmed! This is Rodney King all over again. These officers need to be removed from the force immediately.
Not only was this man's civil rights violated but he was beaten ruthlessly. Justifiable lawsuits will be forthcoming.
Who are the real criminals in this video?
Could we please have more coverage of this outrage? NY1 reports that an eyewitness had his door broken down and was assaulted by these same officers in an attempt to intimidate him so he wouldn't bear witness against them. The heat needs to be kept on the NYPD to do the right thing and fire these thugs in uniform, and the DA needs to prosecute them for multiple assaults on innocent civilians.
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