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NEW YORK (WABC) -- Police on Wednesday announced that three men have been arrested in connection with incidents of on-duty NYPD officers being drenched with water.
The officers had been sent to break up unruly gatherings around open fire hydrants during the heat wave in Brownsville and Harlem - but they got soaked themselves as onlookers jeered.
Clips of the incidents were widely circulated on social media.
In one of the videos, an officer making an arrest of a suspect in Harlem appears to get hit in the head with a red plastic bucket as he and his partner are splashed with water.
Police said 23-year-old Isaiah Scott and 28-year-old Chad Boden are facing charges in the incident, but not for throwing water on the officers. Instead, they are charged with harassment, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief for allegedly throwing water on a female friend and damaging her cell phone.
That water tossing immediately preceded the officer being struck by the bucket, but police are still searching for the person who threw it.
The second video, from Brownsville, Brooklyn, appears to involve officers who were deliberately cooling down with residents. The two officers were getting repeatedly doused as they walked down the street looking sheepish as a woman's voice in the background is heard saying, "Oh, they violated them."
Courtney Thompson, 28, a reputed gang member on probation with 20 prior arrests, surrendered to detectives at the 73rd Precinct. He is charged with obstructing governmental administration, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, harassment, and criminal tampering for damaging the officer's equipment.
Police released a photo of the man wanted for throwing the bucket at the officer in Harlem.
The NYPD also told its police officers they "are not expected to tolerate" having water thrown on them, after the viral videos surfaced of the incidents.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Sergeants Benevolent Association released another video of NYPD officers being doused with water.
In an internal message to the rank and file, the department told officers that such behavior would almost never rise to a crime. But interfering with police work is a crime.
The officers were told that charges available to them would include obstructing government administration, criminal tampering, harassment or disorderly conduct.
If the officer's uniform was damaged, criminal mischief would be applicable. If an officer is injured by a water spray or a thrown object, the attacker could be charged with felony assault.
At a police event Tuesday, NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan drew a sharp distinction between the incidents. He described one as a potential assault on an officer doing his duty and the other as a failure of officers to respond to a clear provocation.
"Someone thought it was all right and take a bucket of water and toss it over a cop's head," Monahan said of the Brooklyn incident. "That's not all right. Any cop who thinks that's all right, that they can walk away from something like that, maybe should consider whether or not that this is the profession for them."
Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, said there's worry that the liquids in the buckets "could just as easily have been bleach, gasoline, or some other toxic substance."
"It's not acceptable for anyone to resist arrest," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "It's not acceptable for anyone to interfere with the NYPD when they are effectuating an arrest. Throwing things at NYPD officers is not only not acceptable, it can lead to charges."
The police union released a statement saying, "Our anti-cop lawmakers have gotten their wish. The NYPD is now frozen. It's the end result of the torrent of bad policies and anti-police rhetoric that has been streaming out of City Hall for years now."
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NEW YORK (WABC) -- Police on Wednesday announced that three men have been arrested in connection with incidents of on-duty NYPD officers being drenched with water.
The officers had been sent to break up unruly gatherings around open fire hydrants during the heat wave in Brownsville and Harlem - but they got soaked themselves as onlookers jeered.
Clips of the incidents were widely circulated on social media.
In one of the videos, an officer making an arrest of a suspect in Harlem appears to get hit in the head with a red plastic bucket as he and his partner are splashed with water.
Police said 23-year-old Isaiah Scott and 28-year-old Chad Boden are facing charges in the incident, but not for throwing water on the officers. Instead, they are charged with harassment, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief for allegedly throwing water on a female friend and damaging her cell phone.
That water tossing immediately preceded the officer being struck by the bucket, but police are still searching for the person who threw it.
The second video, from Brownsville, Brooklyn, appears to involve officers who were deliberately cooling down with residents. The two officers were getting repeatedly doused as they walked down the street looking sheepish as a woman's voice in the background is heard saying, "Oh, they violated them."
Courtney Thompson, 28, a reputed gang member on probation with 20 prior arrests, surrendered to detectives at the 73rd Precinct. He is charged with obstructing governmental administration, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, harassment, and criminal tampering for damaging the officer's equipment.
Police released a photo of the man wanted for throwing the bucket at the officer in Harlem.
The NYPD also told its police officers they "are not expected to tolerate" having water thrown on them, after the viral videos surfaced of the incidents.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Sergeants Benevolent Association released another video of NYPD officers being doused with water.
In an internal message to the rank and file, the department told officers that such behavior would almost never rise to a crime. But interfering with police work is a crime.
The officers were told that charges available to them would include obstructing government administration, criminal tampering, harassment or disorderly conduct.
If the officer's uniform was damaged, criminal mischief would be applicable. If an officer is injured by a water spray or a thrown object, the attacker could be charged with felony assault.
At a police event Tuesday, NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan drew a sharp distinction between the incidents. He described one as a potential assault on an officer doing his duty and the other as a failure of officers to respond to a clear provocation.
"Someone thought it was all right and take a bucket of water and toss it over a cop's head," Monahan said of the Brooklyn incident. "That's not all right. Any cop who thinks that's all right, that they can walk away from something like that, maybe should consider whether or not that this is the profession for them."
Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, said there's worry that the liquids in the buckets "could just as easily have been bleach, gasoline, or some other toxic substance."
"It's not acceptable for anyone to resist arrest," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "It's not acceptable for anyone to interfere with the NYPD when they are effectuating an arrest. Throwing things at NYPD officers is not only not acceptable, it can lead to charges."
The police union released a statement saying, "Our anti-cop lawmakers have gotten their wish. The NYPD is now frozen. It's the end result of the torrent of bad policies and anti-police rhetoric that has been streaming out of City Hall for years now."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7ny...-of-nypd-officers-doused-with-water-/5412200/
Lmfao. They don’t owe the cops anything. The respect is a choice I give to the police. It’s my choice. They need to respect me and anyone or any public citizen. I am their boss. They come up to me with respect. Not the other way around. When I come up to them I am telling them what to do. They work for the public. Me giving them respect should have no baring on them doing their job correctly. Protect and serve the public. Period.
They should want to become a police officer to protect and serve. We all need to see the demeanor and approach change first and respect will come.
You think this shit is just because some black people are disrespectful and ignorant? Lmfao no. This isn’t the Rx where you have racists running around saying racist shit for the hell of it. Black people have been having their rights violated for decades in this country and still to this day. Lmfao yet you guys are offended by some water. Lmfao fucking hilarious. LOSERS
what should happen to them? nothing? seriously?
if a bunch of white boys did that to a black man, you'd be here crying racism
what they're doing is disrespectful and wrong, are you so far gone you don't understand that simple and basic fact?
Thats not true. We are talking about police. The point is you guys are making a fuss out of it and a discussion thread because what? Some black kids threw water at some cops?!!?!? And I’m telling you they have a right to be disrespectful to the police. Tell them eat a dick I don’t talk to your kind. And by law, do you know what they have to do? They have to respect that and leave you alone. They are public servants. You guys are befuddled. I’m speaking generally
I think they should identify the AA"s that did this, track them down, and arrest them. Throw the book at em. It is already spreading from city to city.
Why?
Because these low paying police jobs in inner cities are getting hard to fill. Good men and woman are not too interested with the lack of support from sissy mayors who are afraid of being called racist. SO, someday, when you need a good cop, will one be there for you?
Why?
Because these low paying police jobs in inner cities are getting hard to fill. Good men and woman are not too interested with the lack of support from sissy mayors who are afraid of being called racist. SO, someday, when you need a good cop, will one be there for you?
They arent equal human beings dumbfuck. Of course being disrespectful to good citizens is a wrong thing to do. But these are the police who are public servants, getting paid, and you obviously don’t realize the huge disconnect with police and most reasonable smart people, not just minorities.For good reason. You are incapable
