The blatant disdain and disrespect of our men and women in blue who put their lives on the line to keep us safe is on full display in this video, where a thug attacks and sucker punches a NYPD officer as he and his partner are trying to arrest someone:
NYC people are dying, and suffering as COVID-19 plagues thousands but the same scumbags continue to roam the streets of NYC and attack NYPD cops. Sadly the wrong people are suffering. Welcome to DeBlasios NYC pic.twitter.com/St6UoXV9wZ
— SBA (@SBANYPD) April 8, 2020
The tweet reads “NYC people are dying, and suffering as COVID-19 plagues thousands but the same scumbags continue to roam the streets of NYC and attack NYPD cops. Sadly the wrong people are suffering. Welcome to DeBlasios NYC”. That’s from Ed Rollins, the president of Sergeants Benevolent Association.
Here’s more from the NY Post:
A man wearing a medical face mask was caught on camera sucker-punching an NYPD officer in the Bronx Tuesday night as the cop’s partner was subduing a robbery suspect.
Nelson Jimenez, 31, launched his attack in front of a crowd of bystanders who had gathered on a sidewalk near 183rd Street and Davidson Avenue in University Heights to watch the arrest of 27-year-old robbery suspect Yoemdy Castro, law enforcement sources said.
One cop in the video can be seen holding Castro to the ground, while another stands nearby.
During the episode, Jimenez walks behind the standing officer, then socks him in the head, knocking off his winter cap, the video shows.
The officer who was struck immediately turns around and fires his Taser, but it’s unclear if it struck Jimenez.
Jimenez then runs away, with the cop close behind, the video shows.
Spectators can be heard cheering on the suspect, imploring the suspect to “run.”
In the video it doesn’t show what happened next, but quite frankly thugboy is lucky he didn’t get shot by the officer. He was caught later by cops:
Officers later caught and arrested Jimenez in a nearby bodega, law enforcement sources said. Charges against him are pending.
This wasn’t the only incident of assault. The Post reports that there was another off-camera:
A second cop who responded to the fracas was also punched in the head in an off-camera incident, according to sources.
The suspect in that assault, Brandee Isom, 25, was arrested and charged with assault and obstructing governmental administration, sources said.
That’s two assaults of police officers in one case. And these idiots filming it are cheering for the assaulters.
As Rollins said, “Welcome to DeBlasio’s NYC.”