VIDEO: 6 Cops Beat Alleged Cellphone Thief in Brooklyn Bodega

Screenshot via El Grito De Sunset Park

Surveillance footage of a violent arrest in a Sunset Park bodega just after midnight on Sept. 12 is making the rounds on Facebook this week, as locals question officers’ use of force against the alleged cellphone thief who gets pummeled in the video.

In the video, the alleged thief, identified by police as 21-year-old Daniel Shevchenko, is swarmed by cops as he stands against a wall in the bodega at 5524 4th Ave.

Although the suspect does not appear to resist being taken into custody, multiple officers begin punching him in the stomach and back, then eventually tackle him to the floor — where the struggle is harder to make out on camera.

“The incident is under internal review,” an NYPD spokesperson told Patch.

The video-of-a-video was uploaded by El Grito De Sunset Park, an organization that runs police accountability, tenant advocacy and anti-gentrification campaigns in the neighborhood.

According to the organization, at least one of the uniformed men in the video is not an NYPD officer but an EMT worker.

Police told Patch they were called to the scene by a theft victim who claimed Shevchenko had rummaged through his car and removed an iPhone, some clothing and a GPS device.

Shevchenko was arrested at the bodega that night, police said.

He has since been charged with grand larceny, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, criminal possession of stolen property and resisting arrest, according to the NYPD.

NYPD brass announced last week that the department just drafted new use-of-force guidelines for its officers to work by — and admitted that current officers have been brought up on a weak and unclear aggression policy.