VIDEO: Cops Tackle Candy Seller In Harlem Subway Station

HARLEM, NY — Cops tackled and handcuffed a subway candy vendor Tuesday evening amid a surge of arrests in New York City subway stations, according to a video and officials.

Video shows four cops piling on top of the man at the 125th Street station on Lexington Avenue Tuesday night, according to the activist group Decolonize This Place.

Bystanders can be heard shouting, "He didn't do nothing," and accusing the officers of racial profiling.

The NYPD did not immediately respond to Patch's request for comment, but NYPD Transit confirmed on Twitter that the man was arrested.

The candy vendor was locked in handcuffs because he "failed to comply and refused to provide identification as they attempted to issue him a summons for a transit violation," according to the NYPD Transit Tweet.

The subway vendor, who has not been identified, is facing a charge of obstructing governmental administration.

Tuesday night's arrest is the latest in a recent series of arrests that have spurred backlash to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to deploy 500 additional police officers in the subway system to crack down on fare evasion.

Elected officials and advocates rallied at Brooklyn's Broadway Junction station earlier this week following the arrest of a woman selling churros in the transit hub. A second churro vendor was arrested at the Myrtle-Wyckoff station in Brooklyn three days later.

In the wake of Tuesday night's arrest in Harlem, the activist group Decolonize This Place is planning an "emergency action" in Harlem to protest the police surge in the subway system.

The protest is planned for Nov. 22, the group announced on social media. Decolonize This Place was also involved in a similar protest that drew hundreds of people in Brooklyn following two violent October arrests in Brooklyn subway stations for fare evasion.