{"id":20564,"date":"2020-07-16T07:19:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T11:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=20564"},"modified":"2020-07-16T07:19:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T11:19:17","slug":"violent-blm-counter-protest-group-attacks-nypd-officers-on-brooklyn-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=20564","title":{"rendered":"Violent BLM Counter-Protest Group Attacks NYPD Officers on Brooklyn Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>NYPD\u2019s top uniformed officer &amp; 2 other cops attacked by BLM counter-protest group crossing Brooklyn Bridge (VIDEO)<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->RT.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20565\" style=\"width: 990px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20565\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20565\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/5f0f58552030277565392f00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/5f0f58552030277565392f00.jpg 980w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/5f0f58552030277565392f00-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/5f0f58552030277565392f00-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Reuters \/ Lloyd Mitchell<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<p>A small group of counter-protesters assaulted three New York Police Department officers, including the most senior uniformed cop with almost 40 years on the force, during a protest in support of the NYPD on the Brooklyn Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan was hospitalized with a broken finger and required stitches after a group of demonstrators attacked him and two other officers on the bridge during a \u2018Stop the Violence\u2019 protest on Wednesday. Two other cops \u2013 a lieutenant and a sergeant, according to local media\u00a0\u2013 were left bleeding from minor head wounds, according to photos released by the NYPD.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These are the injuries our officers sustained. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KI9wQKywHH\">pic.twitter.com\/KI9wQKywHH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYPDnews\/status\/1283442839884627980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At least 37 people were arrested during the demonstration, which was backed by NYPD union the Sergeants Benevolent Association. Video of the altercation shows a counter-protester running along the upper level of an on-ramp to the bridge and hitting the cops with a big stick as they struggled with two other protesters through a fence. It\u2019s not clear how the skirmish began.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-cop protesters, including elected officials, police unions, church groups, and community leaders, marched across the bridge only to come face to face with counter-demonstrators from the Occupy City Hall protest, many of whom have been camped out in a park near City Hall (and the on-ramp to the bridge) demanding Mayor Bill de Blasio defund the NYPD to the tune of $1 billion. The city\u2019s budget was submitted weeks ago, yet some occupiers remain in the park.<\/p>\n<p>Monahan, a 38-year officer from the Bronx, was actually filmed hugging protesters and \u2018taking a knee\u2019 during a protest last month in Manhattan\u2019s Washington Square Park. However, he also spoke out against a City Council bill introduced earlier this month banning the use of diaphragm-pressing restraint holds \u2013 typically involving pressing a knee into a suspect\u2019s back \u2013 claiming criminalizing the tactic would be \u201c<em>dangerous<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York has seen a spike in crime led by a major uptick in shootings \u2013 June of 2020 was the most violent month since 1996 \u2013 exacerbated by bail reform, the coronavirus pandemic, and the devastating economic shutdowns that have plunged millions of Americans into poverty. At the same time, the police killing of black security guard George Floyd in Minneapolis in May has triggered months of sometimes-violent protests across the nation, accompanied by a steep rise in anti-cop sentiment. Monahan lamented earlier this month that \u201c<em>it\u2019s tough to be a police officer now<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pro- and anti-police demonstrators also clashed in Brooklyn over the weekend, occasionally coming to blows, and a New York Post reporter was allegedly struck in the face by a protester at Manhattan\u2019s City Hall on Monday. Mayor Bill de Blasio has drawn the ire of both sides as he refuses to make a firm commitment to backing either the police, the protesters, or the city business owners and residents caught between both \u2013 outside of cosmetic gestures like painting \u201c<em>Black Lives Matter<\/em>\u201d outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, of course.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/494864-cops-attacked-brooklyn-bridge-protest\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/494864-cops-attacked-brooklyn-bridge-protest\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYPD\u2019s top uniformed officer &amp; 2 other cops attacked by BLM counter-protest group crossing Brooklyn Bridge (VIDEO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}