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Brooklyn — Police released shocking video Thursday of a man tackling a woman to the ground and groping her on a Brooklyn sidewalk.

The NYPD said it happened around 8:10 p.m. Monday as the woman, 35, was on a walk in the Williamsburg neighborhood.

She was walking southbound on Morgan Avenue when she noticed the unidentified man following her, police said. She turned to head westbound on Stagg Street and the strange man continued to follow her, officials said.

Surveillance video shows the man then run and jump on the woman, tackling her to the ground from behind and forcing her onto the ground.

He held her down, reached into her shorts and forcibly grabbed her buttocks, authorities said.