POLICE: NYPD Doused With Water in Disturbing Video

Two New York City police officers are being widely applauded for showing restraint as a group of Harlem residents doused them with buckets of water as they tried to make an arrest.

The disturbing scene was caught on video and has gone viral, prompting massive outrage in the city and across the country. NYPD Chief Terrence Monahan tweeted, “The videos of cops being doused with water and having objects hurled at them as they made an arrest in #Harlem is reprehensible. NYC’s cops & communities have made remarkable progress — together — but EVERY New Yorker MUST show respect for our cops. They deserve nothing less.”

The officers were arresting a man for disorderly conduct when the community started throwing water at them. No other arrests have been made but the incident is under investigation. (CBS News)