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NYPD Chief of Department and three other cops are beaten and seriously injured by protesters wielding sticks on Brooklyn Bridge - and Bill de Blasio remains silent
 [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - At least four officers - including the city’s highest ranking uniformed cop, Chief of Department Terence Monahan - were hurt and 37 were arrested
- In surveillance footage a protester is seen swinging a long object down at the heads of a group of officers from a walkway as they attempt to arrest someone
- Photos of the aftermath showed a lieutenant with a bloodied face, a detective holding a bandage to his head, and an officer helping another to dress a wound
- Monahan meanwhile, who is seen the video dressed in a white shirt, also suffered a head wound and fractured his finger in the scuffle
- The Chief of Department was one of several NYPD officials lauded last month for taking a knee with demonstrators in the city on June 1
- He and the other injured officers were marching with a pro-police group led by local clergy when they were met on the bridge by anti-police activists
- In a longer clip of the clash obtained by DailyMail.com, an all-out brawl is seen erupting between a dozen protesters and group of NYPD bike patrol officers
- Mayor Bill de Blasio, who earlier this month slashed NYPD funding by $1Bn, has yet to speak about the incident, despite being active on social media
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-07-16 |
