(Robert Jonathan, Headline USA) Harrowing surveillance video from the Bronx shows a man allegedly perpetrating a sidewalk sneak attack on a female NYPD cop by striking her in the head with a bottle.
The broad-daylight assault from behind on Monday afternoon occurred when the officers were on a smoke-shop inspection detail routinely carried out to determine if any illegal marijuana sales are taking place in delis or other establishments. Whether that constitutes a good use of police resources is a separate matter entirely.
The NYC Scoop Twitter feed shared the disturbing clip. “CCTV footage shows the moment a man approaches a police officer from the [50th precinct] and hits her in the head with an object,” the tweet read.
New video shows suspect with 11 prior arrests hit NYPD cop with bottle in broad daylight attack. Both with pistols on their hips.🤔🤔🤔🤔 Just Might Be Time To USE THEM…
— Daniel Thornton (@Panamadan61) April 18, 2023
Yesterday, a man smacked an NYPD officer in the head multiple times with a bottle.
He was arrested 11 previous times.
This is “America’s safest city,” according to @NYCMayor.
— Congressman Troy E. Nehls (@RepTroyNehls) April 18, 2023
The Daily Mail posted another version showing the brutal attack from two vantage points:
The suspect, age 45, was taken into custody at the scene, after a struggle, with the help of a New York City sheriff.
Law enforcement sources told the New York Post that the suspect’s record includes 11 previous arrests.
The officer received treatment at a local hospital and is said to be in stable condition. Authorities reportedly charged the suspect with assault, obstruction of governmental administration, resisting arrest, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment.
Whether the man is already back on the street owing to New York’s so-called bail reform law, which is essentially a catch-and-release process, is speculative at the moment.
In the meantime, politicians in the Democrat-controlled state have supposedly reached a legislative deal for changes to bail reform to give criminal court judges more discretion or leeway, but its terms seem unlikely to substantially alter the lawless trajectory on the ground.
“The compromise would remove the requirement that judges impose the ‘least restrictive means’ when determining whether to set bail for violent felonies but would still define bail strictly as a means of ensuring a defendant’s return to court. The governor had originally proposed removing that strict definition of bail,” City & State New York explained on Monday. “New York is currently the only state that does not include a dangerousness standard for setting bail.”
Running, in part, on a law-and-order agenda, Eric Adams, a former NYPD captain, won the multi-candidate June 2021 Democrat primary for mayor (which essentially guaranteed his November general election victory in overwhelmingly blue Gotham) over more far-left rivals.
Not much seems to have changed, however, in terms of public safety (or perhaps officer safety, for that matter) in the crime-ridden city.
In the neighboring borough of Manhattan, the Soros-funded, soft-on crime district attorney who is averse to putting even violent offenders behind bars has, instead, prioritized prosecuting former President Trump on which appears to be a bookkeeping error, if that.
The nightlife-loving Adams has spent a lot of his time pandering on woke issues, the latest is trying to discourage consumers from eating nutrient-rich meat in the name of climate change mitigation.
The destruction of every major city in the USA is due to low IQ Democrat voters voting for low IQ Democrat politicians. This is what this absolute idiot is worried about while his city turns into a nasty, stinky, crime-ridden shit-hole. https://t.co/rEHjn9wtEk
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) April 18, 2023
