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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 on Tuesday, showed the moment two officers confronted Yanny Cordero, 47, at a city-run shelter in Jamaica, Queens borough, on Friday.
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.
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