NY COPS DO A CHARLOTTESVILLE
By CATHY BURKE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
MAY 30, 2020
A disturbing cop confrontation with an angry crowd in Brooklyn protesting the fatal police arrest of a black Minnesota man drew the ire of progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Saturday night, who raged,“NO ONE gets to slam an SUV through a crowd of human beings.”(Obtained by Daily News)
A disturbing cop confrontation with an angry crowd in Brooklyn protesting the fatal police arrest of a black Minnesota man drew the ire of progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Saturday night, who raged,“NO ONE gets to slam an SUV through a crowd of human beings.”
The incident came when a small crowd at Flatbush and St. Mark’s in Brooklyn hauled a steel barrier to the middle of the street, blocking an NYPD vehicle.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was appalled, tweeting, "NYPD officers just drove an SUV into a crowd of human beings.”(Jeff Bachner/New York Daily News)
The Twitter video shows another cop vehicle pulling up alongside and slowly pushing through the throng, with protesters scattering and one seen clinging to the hood of the vehicle.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was appalled, tweeting, "NYPD officers just drove an SUV into a crowd of human beings.”
"They could‘ve killed them, &we don’t know how many they injured. NO ONE gets to slam an SUV through a crowd of human beings. @NYCMayor these officers need to be brought to justice, not dismissed w/“internal reviews.”
The confrontation came during a third day of protests around the country over the death of George Floyd, who died after former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin kept him pinned, kneeling on his neck, for over eight minutes. Chauvin has been charged with murder and manslaughter.
Mayor de Blasio, speaking at a live press conference late Saturday, blamed the pockets of violence on a small group of determined outsiders who came to “create chaos.”
He promised to look into the video of cops driving through the protesters but also stressed that it was important to “start at the beginning," when demonstrators surrounded the car “to do violence.”
The situation was escalating, he said, and police needed to get out of the area quickly.
By CATHY BURKE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
MAY 30, 2020
A disturbing cop confrontation with an angry crowd in Brooklyn protesting the fatal police arrest of a black Minnesota man drew the ire of progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Saturday night, who raged,“NO ONE gets to slam an SUV through a crowd of human beings.”(Obtained by Daily News)
A disturbing cop confrontation with an angry crowd in Brooklyn protesting the fatal police arrest of a black Minnesota man drew the ire of progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Saturday night, who raged,“NO ONE gets to slam an SUV through a crowd of human beings.”
The incident came when a small crowd at Flatbush and St. Mark’s in Brooklyn hauled a steel barrier to the middle of the street, blocking an NYPD vehicle.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was appalled, tweeting, "NYPD officers just drove an SUV into a crowd of human beings.”(Jeff Bachner/New York Daily News)
The Twitter video shows another cop vehicle pulling up alongside and slowly pushing through the throng, with protesters scattering and one seen clinging to the hood of the vehicle.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was appalled, tweeting, "NYPD officers just drove an SUV into a crowd of human beings.”
"They could‘ve killed them, &we don’t know how many they injured. NO ONE gets to slam an SUV through a crowd of human beings. @NYCMayor these officers need to be brought to justice, not dismissed w/“internal reviews.”
The confrontation came during a third day of protests around the country over the death of George Floyd, who died after former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin kept him pinned, kneeling on his neck, for over eight minutes. Chauvin has been charged with murder and manslaughter.
Mayor de Blasio, speaking at a live press conference late Saturday, blamed the pockets of violence on a small group of determined outsiders who came to “create chaos.”
He promised to look into the video of cops driving through the protesters but also stressed that it was important to “start at the beginning," when demonstrators surrounded the car “to do violence.”
The situation was escalating, he said, and police needed to get out of the area quickly.
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