<div id="subtitle">NYPD suspends 2 officers after video shows them punching handcuffed suspect on ground</div><div><p>Two New York Police Department patrolmen have been suspended after a video surfaced showing them beating a handcuffed suspect during an undercover drug operation.</p><p>The footage was shot by a witness looking out an apartment window in the Bronx on Jan. 5. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says he decided to suspend the two as soon as he saw the video.</p><p>The video shows the two officers bending down to punch the suspect, Jonathan Baez, who was handcuffed and face down on the ground.</p><p>A lawyer for Baez says other officers seen milling about as the scene unfolded should be punished as well. The lawyer says drug charges against Baez have been dismissed.</p><p>Two supervising sergeants also are on desk duty, pending the outcome of the investigation.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=67527758&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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