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HAVERSTRAW, New York ( WCBS ) -- A Haverstraw police sergeant is on leave after he was seen grabbing a teenager by the neck.

The incident was caught on surveillance video.

Haverstraw police sergeant on paid leave It happened just after 10 p.m. Sunday outside a bodega along Broadway in Downtown Haverstraw.

Surveillance footage shows young people hanging out on the sidewalk after the town's United Latin Festival and Parade. Police were also on the scene, urging many of them to go home.

That's when an exchange between an officer and a 17-year-old turns violent.

The unidentified Haverstraw police sergeant is seen grabbing the teen by the neck, pushing him against a store window.

That sergerant is now on paid administrative leave, according to Town

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