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In this image made from video, New York City police officers forcefully arrest 20-year-old Fitzroy Gayle in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The widely distributed video sparked outrage and elicited questions about the amount of force used to make the arrest in a city still dealing with mistrust over the 2014 police chokehold death of Eric Garner. (AP Photo/User Generated Content)

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Video of black man's arrest spurs outrage, NYPD probe
March 5, 2020 4:14 p.m.

Video of black man's arrest spurs outrage, NYPD probe

NEW YORK (AP) — Video showing New York City police officers arresting a young black man sparked outrage and elicited questions about the amount of force used to make the arrest in a city where mistrust of police remains high more than five years after Eric Garner's death from an officer's chokehold.