New York police use stun gun to control migrant holding baby

The man arrested is Yanny Cordero, 47. In the more than two-minute video recording the incident, police appear to pull out a yellow stun gun and shoot Cordero as he holds his one-year-old son.

After police separated Cordero from his son, one officer pinned him to the ground while another hit him in the head. Another person, who appeared to be a security guard, tried to calm the officers who were restraining Cordero.

“Hey, they are beating him!” a voice can be heard shouting in the video. “Don’t beat him! That’s abuse! Where are the human rights ?”

The video shows police pushing Cordero's wife, 23-year-old Andrea Parra, away as she tries to break up the fight.

New York police used a stun gun to subdue a migrant man who was allegedly drunk and threatening shelter staff. (Photo: The Guardian)

Cordero was eventually charged with multiple offenses, including resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and battery. Parra was also arrested and charged.

“We are aware of an incident involving a family in our care at the Jamaica, Queens emergency shelter on the evening of March 8,” a City Hall spokesperson confirmed. “The health and safety of all migrants and New Yorkers in our care – especially young children – is always our top priority and this matter is currently under investigation.”

Local police said officers received a call reporting a drunk man threatening shelter staff.

However, Cordero claimed that the altercation occurred because a shelter employee punched him in the face when he tried to communicate with the person in English.

Cordero said he left the shelter to buy dinner for his family because he was unfamiliar with the food at the shelter. When Cordero returned with the food he bought outside, a shelter staff member stopped him and refused to let him in. Cordero tried to communicate with the staff member using a translation app on his phone.

The employee called another employee, who became frustrated with Cordero as he tried to communicate in English and suddenly punched him in the face. Cordero claims he did not fight back, but simply challenged the employee in Spanish.

Andry Barreto, the videographer and Venezuelan immigrant, testified that he saw the manager attack Cordero first. By the time police arrived, Parra had emerged with their three children.

“I never raised my hand,” Cordero told reporters after being released from custody with his wife. “I never told the police anything except not to touch my child.”

On March 12, New York Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference that he heard reports of the incident and that police said Cordero was “unconscious” and “violent” at the time.

“This individual was intoxicated and had a child in his arms. The officers tried to remove the child from his arms so that the child would not be in danger,” Adams said.

Mayor Adams’ administration has been under fire for months for its handling of the influx of migrants into the city, with nearly 70,000 migrants having arrived at emergency shelters across New York City since last fall, according to The Guardian .

Hoa Vu (Source: The Guardian)

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