“He didn’t try to kill my mom — she walked away just fine,” said sister Antoinette Ramirez.

Ramirez commented on a video recorded by a bystander that shows officers repeatedly striking Velasco with batons and using Tasers to subdue him, even after he appears to be subdued.

"They beat him to pulp as if he was a prey," Antoinette cried.

At least three officers struck Velasco with their batons as they held him down. 

One officer walks up as Velasco was held down by several officers and repeatedly strikes him with a baton. 

Velasco was taken to an area hospital for treatment. 

 He was booked on several felony counts and a parole violation after his release from the hospital.

Police declined to comment on the sister’s claims that Velasco suffers from an unspecified mental illness. 

Mary Hammett, NY, News 786