MSNBC’s Chris Hayes sparked an NBC News colleague’s rejection by calling an arrest by undercover New York Police Department (NYPD) officers a “kidnapping.”
“This is … kidnapping,” the primetime host of “All In” wrote to his more than 2.1 million Twitter followers Tuesday night, referring to the video that captured plainclothes New York agents who They arrested a woman in an unmarked truck in Manhattan. East side.
Hayes’ description was questioned by NBC News correspondent Tom Winter.
“They could also be undercover detectives for an arrest warrant squad that arrests with probable cause someone wanted for 5 specific gun and vest crimes visible in a car immediately surrounded by police officers in uniform with New York police officers written on the back” Winter wrote.
They could also be undercover detectives from an arrest warrant squad with probable cause for someone wanted for 5 specific gun and vest crimes visible in a car immediately surrounded by cops in uniform with New York police officers written on the back. https://t.co/CsKt5QMSmZ
– Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) July 29, 2020
The NYPD in its official Twitter feed clarified what happened after the video went viral, generating millions of visits.
New York is taking after Portland, a trans femme protester was taken to an unmarked truck at the Abolition Park protest, this was on 2nd Ave and 25th Street pic.twitter.com/1PDhSYuK9h
– michelle lh ࿊ ࿊ q (@ MichelleLhooq) July 28, 2020
“Regarding a video on social media that took place on 2nd Ave & 25 Street, a woman detained in a van without identification was searched for damaging police cameras during 5 separate criminal incidents in and around City Hall Park and surrounding areas. assaulted with rocks and bottles, “says the first of two tweets by the New York police.
“When Warrant Squad officers detained the woman in a gray New York police minivan tonight, they were robbed with stones and bottles. The Warrant Squad uses unmarked vehicles to effectively locate wanted suspects,” the department added. .
Regarding a video on social media that took place at 2 Ave and 25 St, a woman detained in a van without identification was searched for damaging police cameras during 5 separate criminal incidents in and around City Hall Park. The officers who arrested him were robbed with stones and bottles. pic.twitter.com/2jGD3DT3eV
– NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) July 29, 2020
When Warrant Squad officers detained the woman in a gray New York police minivan tonight, they were robbed with stones and bottles. The Warrant Squad uses unmarked vehicles to effectively locate wanted suspects.
– NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) July 29, 2020
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez The Boston Globe backs Markey in the primary against the Kennedy Rapinoe HBO special to introduce Ocasio-Cortez, the founder of the ‘1619’ project Tlaib talks about why he hasn’t backed Biden yet MORE (DN.Y.), a leading advocate of the removal of police funds, agreed with Hayes.
“Our civil liberties are on the edge. This is not a drill, ”Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. “There is no excuse for snatching street women and throwing them in unmarked trucks.”
Our civil liberties are on the edge.
This is not a drill. There is no excuse for snatching street women and throwing them in unmarked trucks.
Not protecting our rights is giving them away. It is our responsibility to resist authoritarianism. https://t.co/pw20WF05KK
– Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 29, 2020
Brooklyn County President Eric Adams called on New York Police to reset their crime unit as the city faces a sharp increase in crime and shooting.
“I think a total elimination is something that we need to reevaluate,” Adams, a former New York police officer, told CBS-2 in New York. “Right now, the bad guys say that if you don’t see blue and white you can do whatever you want.”
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