Today's tragic/absurd police video captures an unidentified NYPD officer taking money out of the pocket a Brooklyn man , Lamard Joye, and pepper-spraying him—after which the officer apparently left with the money and without arresting or citing Joye for a crime.

Joye's lawyer says more than $1,000 was taken from Joye and that documentation has been submitted to authorities that shows the money was earned through legitimate means.