NYC Cop Suspended After Getting Into Scuffle With 12 Year Old As Cop Was Being Assaulted By Mob Of Kids

Video showing an NYPD officer appearing to hit a young girl while trying to detain her teen sister during a Staten Island street fight has led to the cop's suspension by the department.

The violent after-school encounter between minors and police was caught on camera and has been making the rounds on social media ever since. Police said it started with a fight at a bus stop between teenage girls.

The incident occurred near the intersection of Willowbrook Road and Forest Avenue in the Port Richmond section just before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, according to witnesses and police sources, as the officers were said to be trying to break up the fight between two sisters and another girl.

New video appeared to show officers trying to de-escalate the situation. Witnesses and police sources said the officer went to detain a 14-year-old girl when her 12-year-old sister swung at the officer — and he swung back. The NYPD said that the older sister reached for the officer's handcuffs and also hit him in the head.

Police sources said the intersection where the incident occurred is known as a "trouble spot" near Port Richmond High School and I.S. 5, which is why the officers were stationed there to begin with.

The 14-year-old was arrested and the younger sister gave a juvenile report for the alleged assault. Their mother is calling for a full investigation of what went down.