Three NYPD cops beat a cyclist with their batons after dragging him from his bike as he tries to get away amid mounting criticism of the police department’s ‘no tolerance’ curfew crackdown policy The cops were filmed on 50th Street and Third Avenue beating the cyclist A woman in a car filmed the cyclist as … Read more
New York City‘s most senior uniformed officer has said he does not believe racism taints the view of the NYPD, as he called for a halt to the throwing of projectiles at police and condemned the wave of looting. Terence Monahan, who knelt with protesters in Washington Square Park on Monday night, said it was … Read more
Two Brooklyn lawyers have been charged for tossing a Molotov cocktail into a New York Police Department vehicle on Saturday morning during a protest decrying the police killing of George Floyd. Colinford Mattis, 32, a corporate attorney and member of Community Board 5 in East New York, and attorney Urooj Rahman, 31, were charged for … Read more
This is the shocking moment a protester charged with four counts of attempted murder appears to throw a Molotov cocktail at an occupied NYPD police cruiser. Samantha Shader, 27, is accused of chucking the petrol bomb at the police vehicle – which had four officers inside – in Brooklyn shortly after 10.30pm on Friday. Footage obtained … Read more
New videos posted on social media show the moments an NYPD officer appears to yank down a George Floyd protestor’s coronavirus mask to pepper spray the man during violent protests over the police-related fatal shooting, as police vehicles raced through a Brooklyn intersection crowded with demonstrators. The unnamed protestor in one video, which was posted … Read more
A woman from upstate New York who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at an occupied police cruiser during protests in Brooklyn on Friday night has been charged with four counts of attempted murder. Samantha Shader, 27, is accused of throwing the cocktail at the NYPD vehicle – which had four officers inside- in Crown Heights … Read more
Protester, 27, is arrested for attempted murder of four NYPD officers for ‘throwing Molotov cocktail at police cruiser’ at Brooklyn demonstration while her 21-year-old sister is detained for resisting arrest Samantha Shader was arrested Friday night for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at an NYPD cruiser near the Brooklyn Museum The cocktail did not explode … Read more
A 20-year-old woman allegedly suffered a violent seizure and was rushed to hospital in Brooklyn after being shoved forcefully to the ground by an NYPD officer as she protested the death of George Floyd. The woman has been identified by others at the scene as Dounya Zayer who has continued to post updates on her … Read more