The Manhattan District Attorney has indicted false accusers against the leader of the Black Lives Matter, who was accused of abusing a police officer after an angry crowd chased a NYPD team sent to arrest the man.
DA Cyrus Vance personally ordered the prosecution against Derrick Ingram, 28, charged with second-degree felony assault after assault assault, a source told lawmakers in the New York Post.
Ingram is accused of injuring a female cop by shouting directly into her ear with a bull horn on June 14, resulting in the officer with temporary hearing damage in the hospital.
On Friday, a team of NYPD officers sent to arrest Ingram returned to an hour-long standoff outside his home, where an angry crowd confronted them. Ingram later turned himself in to a police station after the arrest team left.
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Derrick Ingram, 28, is accused of injuring a female cop by shouting directly in her ear during a protest in Manhattan on June 14
DA Cyrus Vance report personally reported that the accusers against Ingram fell from second-degree felony to assault assault
Ingram, who had met up to seven years in prison as convicted of the crime, now faces a little jail time if convicted of the crime.
The DA’s office did not provide an explanation for the reduced charge, on which Ingram was released without bail on Saturday night.
NYC Patrolman’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch blew up the decision to drop the blame for crime against Ingram, who is the leader of activist group Warriors in the Garden.
‘Is there any doubt who now has the lead over this city? The criminal mob dictates its terms to the brass and district attorneys NYPD, who are strangling themselves to comply, ‘Lynch said in a statement.
‘Police want to know: What are we still doing here?’ he went on.
‘Why do our leaders send us out to enforce laws they do not believe in? And what should we tell New Yorkers who see us looking back as violence overwhelms their streets? ‘Lynch added.
Earlier this week, the NYPD published urban crime statistics for July, with a 177 percent increase in the number of shooting incidents in the city compared to last year.
Murders were up 59 percent for the month, burglaries up 31 percent, and car theft increased 53 percent.
NYPD officers are seen during the failed attempt to arrest Ingram on Friday. Bosses of police union now extinguished the decision to reduce the charges against Ingram
On Friday, dozens of NYPD officials, dressed in riot gear, came down to Ingram’s apartment to arrest him for allegedly assaulting a female officer using a bullhorn to shout in her ear during a protest.
An hour-long standoff ensued when Ingram refused to let the officers into his apartment without leaving a warrant and settled the charges against him via Instagram Live.
‘What did I do? What did I do? ‘ Ingram said on the livestream. “I was born black, I did.”
Meanwhile, a large number of Protestants gathered near Ingram’s house and intended to force the officers to retaliate by shouting at them and filming the stunning show of strength on social media.
NYPD officers withdrew when the protest group grew – to the dismay of police union leaders who said they should not be backed.
The alleged surrender came a day after dozens of NYPD officials dressed in riot gear stormed into Ingram’s apartment to arrest him on charges that he attacked a female officer by using a bullhorn to shout in her ear during a protest
Ingram documented his attempted arrest on Friday during an Instagram Live from his apartment when officials knocked on his door and demanded he come out. “What did I do?” he said on the livestream. “I was born black, that’s what I did.”
Officers had arrived at about 7 a.m. Friday at Ingram’s apartment in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, but had no confirmation that forced entry was allowed.
Officials knocked on the door and demanded that Ingram stand up while police dogs stood in the hall and a NYPD helicopter circled above.
About two dozen police cars lined West 45th Street as barriers were put up at each end of the block.
Ingram posted the situation to Warrior in the Garden Instagram account from his apartment, eventually dragging a massive crowd of protesters to the brink of the blockade.
In the Instagram video, Ingram was heard talking to his lawyer on the phone while a cop outside his door yelled, ‘Why aren’t you the fighter you stand for who you are and come out for the system?’
Ingram told his audience that he was afraid that officers would hurt him if he went outside, or that they would plant something invasive in his house if he gave them access.
Derrick Ingram, an organizer of the Black Lives Matter protests in New York, turned himself in to police on Saturday morning, hours after he was besieged in his apartment by officers who would arrest him for attacking a cop . Ingram is seen downtown in a red checkered shirt marching to the Midtown North Precinct in Manhattan alongside about 100 Protestants
Ingram (center) raised his fist in the air as he and about 100 supporters marched to Midtown North Precinct on Saturday
Ingram (second left) stood outside Protestants for a few moments with Protestants before going in to talk to officials. A NYPD spokeswoman said Ingram, 28, was charged with second-degree assault in connection with a June 14 incident during a protest in Midtown Manhattan
On the street below, more than 100 protesters raised their fists and shouted, ‘Where is your warning? ‘
About six hours into the stand-off police suddenly began to disperse after NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea asked her to withdraw at 1 p.m.
Warriors in the Garden, a youth-led group that co-founded Ingram in the wake of the imminent death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which has seen many peaceful protests in New York City in recent months organized, issued a statement condemning Ingram’s attempted arrest on Friday.
The group accused the NYPD of ‘threatening and intimidating tactics’ to rattle Ingram, noting that he had ‘no criminal history’.
“This was an attempt to silence our movement,” the group said. ‘This militarized police response threatens the safety of residents in Hell’s Kitchen and in NYC.’
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