Outrage over police violence at pro-Palestine rally in Brooklyn

Council members condemn NYPD's pre-emptive, retaliatory and cumulatively aggressive' conduct at protest on Saturday

Outrage was growing on Monday to a cumulatively aggressive" response by the New York police department to a weekend pro-Palestine street rally in Brooklyn, in which officers were caught on video beating protesters who had already been detained.

Cellphone footage by witnesses at Saturday's gathering in Bay Ridge showed NYPD officers - including two wearing the uniforms of police commanders - punching at least three people on the ground.