Former New York Police Commissioner Howard Safir on Thursday blamed Mayor Bill de Blasio for protesters who attacked the officers.
“I met with all the community leaders to tell them where they could protest, how we would protect them peacefully, and there was no riot, there was no violence, but this mayor is the complete opposite,” Safir told “America’s Newsroom.” . “
“He says they can do whatever they want and that is all that interests him: simply prosecuting police officers,” Safir said.
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A protester assaulted a group of New York Police Department (NYPD) police officers, including the department’s highest-ranking uniformed member, during a demonstration on the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday, according to police and footage of the attack.
The New York Police Department tweeted around 12:30 pm that at least three officers were injured by someone swinging a long object at officers while placing someone under arrest on the opposite side of one of the fences. from the bridge.
A police department spokesman said department chief Terence Monahan is the other white-shirted member of the department seen in the video with the group at the time of the attack and who suffered a non-endangering hand injury. life.
The video shows someone from the group along the bridge approaching the edge of the fence, leaning over and striking officers huddled against the barrier. Three officers suffered serious injuries, the tweet says.
After the first hand-to-hand combat, another chaotic fight ensued between more protesters and the police near where the first one occurred.
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Safir said proposals to restrict officers are going to “turn police officers into blue pots.”
“Police officers who are not going to be protected and backed by the mayor and the police commissioner are going to do what they are doing now,” Safir said.
“They will retire at a rate 400 percent higher than before. The class where 1,200 officers were supposed to go would mean there would be fewer police officers on the street. The dissolution of the crime unit basically sends a signal to thugs and criminals that you can take your weapons and use them on the street and even if they arrest you, you’re going to leave because of this Act bail reform. “
