VIDEO: NYPD allegedly bodyslams man to ground in Upper East Side arrest

UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- New video appears to show NYPD officers body-slamming a man on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

It happened Saturday night on Second Avenue and 85th Street.

Police say the officers approached a man who was causing a disturbance.

When the officers asked him for an ID, they say the man refused, and became combative and resisted arrest.

The man was issued a summons for having an open container of alcohol.

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