CAMBRIDGE — Police have released an onlooker's video depicting the takedown-style arrest of a naked black Harvard student police say was under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs, an incident that has prompted accusations of police brutality from a black Harvard Law School student organization and a description of "disturbing" from Mayor Marc C. McGovern.
The incident happened Friday night, and after viewing footage of the arrest on Sunday, McGovern released a statement, saying that while "Cambridge affirms Black Lives Matter," the slogan "must be true in practice as well."
A police dog shot and wounded last week is recovering after surgery.
Nero was shot in the face and shoulder on Thursday, April 12 at the same time that his partner, Officer Sean Gannon of the Yarmouth Police Department, was shot and killed.
