Bash to bust
Teen susp shoves cop, gets punches in return
A TEENAGER WAS pummeled by an NYPD officer after he pushed another cop to the ground during a brawl that was caught on video and released Saturday.
Alfred Burns, 16, tried to steal a bicycle in front of a store near 225th St. and Broadway in Marble Hill around 9 a.m. Friday, police said.
The store’s owner, who was following Burns, flagged down a passing patrol and pointed out the teen thief, according to authorities.
Burns pushed one of the approaching officers to the ground and put his hands on the cop’s neck, police said.
Another unidentified officer can be seen getting on top of the two, wrapping his arms around the teen before winding up and delivering powerful blows to the back of his head, the video shows.
“No, that’s extra!” shouts one man. Others wail in protest as the cop unloads on the teen, according to the video.
“What are you doing!?” a woman shrieks.
A third officer was eventually able to get the teen in handcuffs.
Burns, who lives in Mott Haven, was charged with assault, larceny, resisting arrest, possession of stolen property and giving a fake name, police said.
He was held on $15,000 bond after his arraignment Saturday.
Cops say the teen may have resisted because he was wanted for a Bronx robbery on July 31, cops said.
Burns allegedly followed a 56-year-old inside his building, pulled out a box cutter and demanded cash. He took off running when the victim pointed out a video surveillance system, cops said.
Burns was charged on Aug. 8 with two other Bronx robberies — including one on the same day as the box cutter heist.
He allegedly pulled a knife on a taxi driver and swiped $75, a cell phone and a tablet.
The video from Friday’s confrontation is being reviewed by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau, according to a police spokeswoman.