Shocking moment cop brutally assaults his 72-year-old neighbor

<img src="https://www.thepapertrailnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Channel-improvements.jpg"; style="max-width:400px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;" alt="" />This is the shocking moment an off-duty police officer brutally assaults his 72<a href="https://www.hometalk.com/search/posts?filter=-year-old%20neighbor">-year-old neighbor</a> after he accidentally hit the officer's paddleboard with his car. <br>Victim Harry Horsley was assaulted by his neighbor of 36-years Scott Saunders, an 18-year veteran of the Police Department, in , on Monday July 24.<br>Horsley said he was left bloodied and bruised by the altercation, that another neighbor of theirs managed to capture on video. <br>In the cell phone video, Horsley is seen on the ground with the police sergeant on top of him pinning him down. <br>Horsley told  that the assault started when he had been driving him and Saunders hit his car with a paddleboard he was carrying. <br> <img src="" alt="In this still from the video, Saunders can be seen on top of his 72-year-old neighbor with his fist raised" class="blkBorder img-share" /> In this still from the video, Saunders can be seen on top of his 72-year-old neighbor with his fist raised<br> <img src="" alt="Sergeant Saunders, pictured here in the center, has now been charged with assault and battery" class="blkBorder img-share" /> Sergeant Saunders, pictured here in the center, has now been charged with assault and battery <br>The shocking video shows Horsley clearly struggling and trying to throw Saunders off him by kicking his legs. <br>As Saunders eventually gets off Horsley, the older man is red in the face as he backs away from the police officer.<br>The 72-year-old told the outlet he got out of his car and asked him: 'Why did you hit my car? That's all I said.'<br>Horsley said the next thing he knew he was pushed to the ground and punched by Saunders. <br>He continued: <a href="https://www.fool.com/search/solr.aspx?q=%27He%20bull-rushed">'He bull-rushed</a> me down to the ground. Landed on top of me, I'm on my back. <br>'He pounded away, I'm like this trying to protect myself from getting hit worse.<br>'Here I am, 72 years old. I shouldn't be taking a punch from anybody, let alone a Police Sergeant.'<br>Pembroke Police have since charged Saunders with assault and battery following the attack, which resulted in Horsley presenting at a local hospital. <br>A police report said that Horsley suffered a cut to the left side of his face, a bloody nose, swelling and bruising around an eye and other injuries.<br> <img src="" alt="Horsley told Boston 25 News that the assault started when he had been driving him and Saunders hit his car with a paddleboard he was carrying" class="blkBorder img-share" /> Horsley told Boston 25 News that the assault started when he had been driving him and <a href="https://jetblacktransportation.com/blog/faq/cheapest-way-to-get-from-jfk-to-poughkeepsieny/">JetBlack</a>; Saunders hit his car with a paddleboard he was carrying<br> <img src="" alt="A police report said that Horsley suffered a cut to the left side of his face, a bloody nose, swelling and bruising around an eye and other injuries" class="blkBorder img-share" /> A police report said that Horsley suffered a cut to the left side of his face, a bloody nose, swelling and bruising around an eye and other injuries<br>Horsley continued: 'He should have known that everything he has done, was wrong. You don't assault somebody that's a senior. You just don't do it, its unheard of.'<br>Since the charge against him, Saunders has been placed on paid administrative leave and had his badge and service weapon taken from him. <br>The Hull Police Department has launched an internal affairs investigation and notified the Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission. <br>