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April 15, 2020

New York Police Detain Child for Social Distancing Violation in Subway
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In New York, viral videos show a group of police officers in a Harlem
subway station forcibly detaining a young boy for selling candy at the
subway station in an alleged violation of social distancing rules.
Police officers are also seen pulling the boy's sweater and holding him
by the chest as he cries and struggles to get away from officers. The
boy's mother was reportedly present during the incident. Meanwhile, in
Philadelphia, police officers were filmed violently pulling out a man
from inside a bus because the man was not wearing a face mask. 


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