New video shows a man fighting with two NYPD cops — and throwing a punch at one — before he and a pal got clubbed in Upper Manhattan.
The 25-second clip, obtained exclusively by The Post on Wednesday, captured the moments before a bystander shot cellphone video of the cops using batons to beat Aaron Grissom, 36, and Sydney Williams, 37.
The grainy footage, recorded by an overhead surveillance camera, shows Grissom grapple with both cops in a crosswalk, then advance south on Broadway as he struggles with one cop in the intersection with 169th Street.
Williams moves toward the fray before the action is hidden by a street sign, but when the men emerge on the other side, Grissom shoves the cop away and swings his fist overhead toward the cop.
The two cops then square off against Grissom and Williams near the southwest corner, with both snapping open collapsible batons as they advance north and hit Williams, prompting Grissom to lunge forward and attack one cop.
A law-enforcement source said the clip was part of a five-minute recording that covers the period of time before social worker Michael Gonzalez, 32, shot cellphone video showing Williams and Grissom get beaten with the batons.
“This video shows that these two individuals were refusing to comply with orders to disperse after members of the community complained,”
the source said.
“They then recklessly attacked officers who were responding to quality-of-life complaints and trying to protect people in the community.”
Gonzalez, who lives in the neighborhood, has told The Post that his video shows “the cops being aggressive, when they were just defending themselves.”
Grissom and Williams were both arrested following the Tuesday afternoon incident and charged with felony assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, menacing, disorderly conduct and loitering.
They have yet to appear in Manhattan Criminal Court for arraignment.
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