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Lauren Aratani

New York police used stun gun on migrant holding toddler, video shows

New York police department badge on a blue shirt
Police told the New York Times that officers were responding to a call over a dispute with an intoxicated man who was threatening staff members. Photograph: The NYC collection/Alamy

New York City police officers used a stun gun on a Venezuelan migrant who was holding a small child in a city-operated shelter on Friday night, according to video footage taken of the altercation.

The video, released by the New York Times, shows police officers trying to arrest Yanny Cordero, 47, as he holds his son. At some point during the video, which the Times says is two and a half minutes long, police appear to pull out a yellow stun gun and use it on the man as he holds his one-year-old son.

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