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MIGRANT HOLDING TODDLER HIT BY STUN GUN AND PUNCHED REPEATEDLY BY POLICE
OFFICERS AT NYC SHELTER

Venezuelan migrant Yanny Cordero, 47, and his wife were arrested following the
Friday incident at a Queens city-run shelter. Mayor Eric Adams called the
officers' actions "appropriate."

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March 13, 2024, 4:06 AM HST
By Marlene Lenthang

A Venezuelan migrant holding his toddler was hit by a stun gun and punched in
the face by police officers at a New York City migrant shelter in an act caught
on video — and defended by the mayor as "appropriate."

The video, obtained and published by The New York Times Tuesday, showed the
moment two officers confronted Yanny Cordero, 47, at a city-run shelter in
Jamaica, Queens, on Friday. 




The clip showed two officers pin Cordero against closed elevator doors as he was
holding his 1-year-old son. 

One officer brought out a yellow stun gun and deployed it on the man, its
trilling sound audible. Moments later, that same officer appeared to punch the
man in the face.

A woman crying and screaming near Cordero appeared to be pulled away from
Cordero after the punch and the child he was holding was also separated from
him.

In front of Cordero and the officers were two officers in military garb and
several spectators. The man filming the altercation was heard yelling in
Spanish: “This is abuse!"



The two officers struggled to detain Cordero, then tried to pin him against a
nearby desk. A third police officer entered the altercation and punched Cordero
twice in the face, triggering more yelling and uproar from witnesses.

Three officers ultimately subdued Cordero onto the ground. 

The man who filmed the interaction yelled, “Hey they’re hitting him! Hey don’t
hit him, don’t hit him, don’t hit him, brother. That’s abuse. Where are the
human rights?”

The clip ended with Cordero on the ground with officers around him.

The New York Police Department said it responded to the shelter late Friday
around 11 p.m. over a dispute involving an intoxicated man "who was threatening
staff members."

Officers gave the Cordero multiple warnings and commands to give the child to
someone else and he refused, police said. 



However, Cordero told the Times that he hadn’t been drinking because he had to
work the next day. 


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Cordero, who does not speak English, told the Times the dispute erupted after he
returned to the shelter with dinner he purchased outside the shelter. He said a
shelter employee seemed to tell him in English that he couldn't take the food up
to his room.



He told the Times that he used a translation app on his phone to try to
communicate that he was going to eat in the cafeteria when the shelter
employee’s colleague was called over and struck him in the face. 

Police said the child was unharmed in the incident and the city's Administration
for Children’s Services was notified and responded.

Cordero was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and violent
behavior, obstructing government administration and acting in a manner injurious
to a child under 17. 

His wife Andrea Parrar, 22, who in the clip threw her body between her
husband and the officers, was also charged with resisting arrest, disorderly
conduct and fighting, and obstructing government administration, police said.



The family was reunited on Monday with their children. They were given a new
shelter placement in Brooklyn after requesting to be moved, the mayor's office
told NBC News.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a former police officer himself, said the
officers took "appropriate action" during an unrelated press conference Tuesday.

“I saw that incident and I spoke with the commissioner over the weekend," Adams
said. "Those officers had to get that child from him so that child was not going
to be in danger. All of this is on body worn camera. Those officers responded to
a person who was dangerous and took appropriate actions."

"Domestic incidents are extremely dangerous. These are very volatile situations.
Those officers have to respond accordingly. They wanted to get that child out of
that gentleman’ hand after warning him several times asking him to turn over the
child, he refused to. He was violent, he was volatile, they had to take that
necessary action and based on our review, those officers took appropriate
action," he added.

New York City Hall said the matter is under investigation, but it's not clear
which agency is looking into the case.

“We are aware of an incident involving a family in our care at an emergency
shelter in Jamaica, Queens Friday night. The health and safety of all migrants
and longtime New Yorkers in our care — especially young children — is always a
top priority, and this matter is currently under investigation,” City Hall said.

Marlene Lenthang

Breaking News Reporter



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