According to the New York Police Department, at least 29 people were arrested – and at least 11 officers injured – when a crowd of protesters gathered over what would be the 92nd birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in lower Manhattan.
Hundreds of people who first listened to speakers outside Barclays Center in Brooklyn took part in a so-called Black Liberation March and walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall, where they met with a large presence of NYPD officers, WNBC, the TV owned by NBC has been met. station in New York, reported. Videos posted online showed officers wearing masks and wearing a bow tie with a zipper, and collided with protesters in the street that evening.
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Police said officers first started moved to an arrest to carry out when a woman who had an iPhone used for protesters to take to the David N. Dinkins Municipal Building in Center Street 1, protesters trying to retreat to harassing her ‘, a NYPD spokesman said. confirmed to Fox News.
Officers formed a circle to protect and remove the woman, and then glass bottles were thrown at them. The spokesman said other officers used a public speaking system “to give clear, audible directions for protesters to leave the road.”
A total of 29 individuals – including 12 men and 17 women aged between 20 and 41 – were arrested between the rooms in the room and the center. A total of two people live in the five districts of New York, one in Rhode Island and the other in New Jersey.
Of the 29 arrested, 21 received summonses for disorderly conduct, one misdemeanor, while seven received a ticket and one woman declared her arrest null and void. Three individuals were also quoted as resisting arrest, while one was also beaten by a criminal assault.
A total of 11 uniformed members of the NYPD were injured. Six of those refused medical help, including a captain who was hit in the helm with a glass bottle. The remaining five were treated and released with various minor injuries in nearby hospitals, including pain and swelling in the ankle, pain and bruises on the left leg, an injured upper arm, an injured elbow and an injured shoulder.
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“When you cross a bridge from Brooklyn, you try to stop the traffic on the bridge. You bring bottles. You bring graffiti. You paint our city. This is our city. You spray paint to paint our city. fire, ”NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said in an interview with local cable news channel NY1 on Tuesday morning.
It’s not ‘actions caused by police officers, so it’s a news flash for the AG’, Shea continued with the Big Apple’s top man, noting that it was’ caused by people who want to destroy our way of life and our city and we’re not going to let that happen. ‘
The incident came a week after New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed a federal lawsuit against the NYPD and its leadership over the treatment of protesters during protests that erupted during the summer after the deaths of George Floyd.
“Once again, we see and hear reports of NYPD officers violating the rights of New Yorkers. The images of officers using excessive force against peaceful protesters are worrying and of great concern,” James said in a statement Monday. ‘Less than a week after I filed a lawsuit against the NYPD over these exact issues, we saw officers show the same behavior.
“As we set out in our lawsuit, it’s a long pattern that needs to stop. These New Yorkers went up in the spirit of Dr. King, who taught us that peaceful protest is the most powerful force in the struggle for freedom, equality. , and justice for all, ”she added.
The case specifically accuses the NYPD, the city of New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio, the NYPD commissioner, Dermot Shea, and the NYPD department head, Terence Monahan, for not addressing this protracted pattern of abuse by officials properly on to lead, supervise and discipline. to prevent misconduct, despite the knowledge and public recognition that it violates the rights of New Yorkers. ‘
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It contains dozens of examples of alleged excessive violence and other misconduct since May 2020, including the unjustified use of batons, pepper spray, bicycles and a crowd control tactic known as ‘kettle’ against peaceful protesters, as well as the arrest of medics and law enforcement observers. . James is seeking systemic reforms to the NYPD and the implementation of a federal monitor to oversee the NYPD’s policing tactics in future protests and to ensure compliance with the law.