Footage from the scene as two NYPD officers and a lieutenant from the NYPD’ s Midtown South Precinct approached a group of men outside a migrant shelter on West 42nd Street near Seventh Avenue on Jan. 27, 2024, in New York. - NYPD/NYPD/TNS
NEW YORK — Newly released body camera footage of the chaotic melee between NYPD officers and a group of asylum seekers appears to contradict some of the claims by law enforcement about what ignited the incident that sparked nationwide coverage of migrants attacking the cops in Times Square. At a press conference Thursday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said a “meticulous” multiagency review determined two officers were assaulted after they told a group of young men outside a Midtown shelter to disperse, and one refused. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said the group was impeding...
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