I can understand their not intervening when an all black group of
girls beats up a young girl. No one is stabbing or shooting her.
Had they intervened, they'd possibly have harmed her attackers
more than she was harmed, risking escalation of the situation.
Then there's the possibility of harm, death, protests, sanctions, &
even prosecution for stopping a juvenile black on black beatdown.
Still, doesn't the victim deserve protection in one of those rare
cases where cops can end & even prevent an assault? Have
we reached the point where many cops are so afraid of doing
their job that they'll often stand down?
https://nypost.com/2020/08/10/nypd-...r-as-11-year-old-is-beaten-in-broad-daylight/
Excerpted....
NYPD cops had a front-row seat to a five-on-one brawl — but let the violence play out rather than doing their jobs to break it up, The Post has learned.
An 11-year-old girl was slapped, punched, kicked and even shocked with a stun gun by a group of five other girls after a basketball game around 7 p.m. Sunday on East 125th Street near Madison Avenue in Harlem.
During the roughly 4-minute beatdown, cops sat idly in nearby cruisers — but they didn’t get out until the girl was bloody and bruised, a Post photographer observed.
At least 20 police cars were nearby on the street — with at least one a little more than a car-length away, photos show.
Police sources told The Post the young girl was treated at Mount Sinai Hospital after being cut, bruised and shocked in the stomach with the stun gun. The girl told cops she didn’t know her attackers but knew two of their handles on social media, sources said.
The NYPD did not immediately respond for comment. It was not known if any arrests were made in connection with the fight.
The hands-off approach comes as the police unions challenge a portion of NYC’s chokehold bill that makes it a misdemeanor crime to use any technique during an arrest that could limit breathing.
Top NYPD officials have also spoken out against the local reform, calling it dangerous, but have denied a slowdown — despite video leaking out from a weekly CompStat meeting capturing precinct leaders telling Chief of Department Terence Monahan that cops were “afraid” of facing charges over the law.
Over the last month, arrests have plummeted, with cops making nearly 60 percent fewer collars, according to NYPD statistics released Monday.
Cops are also pulling over fewer drivers, issuing a quarter of the normal speeding tickets — with the city’s speed cameras violation count holding steady.
girls beats up a young girl. No one is stabbing or shooting her.
Had they intervened, they'd possibly have harmed her attackers
more than she was harmed, risking escalation of the situation.
Then there's the possibility of harm, death, protests, sanctions, &
even prosecution for stopping a juvenile black on black beatdown.
Still, doesn't the victim deserve protection in one of those rare
cases where cops can end & even prevent an assault? Have
we reached the point where many cops are so afraid of doing
their job that they'll often stand down?
https://nypost.com/2020/08/10/nypd-...r-as-11-year-old-is-beaten-in-broad-daylight/
Excerpted....
NYPD cops had a front-row seat to a five-on-one brawl — but let the violence play out rather than doing their jobs to break it up, The Post has learned.
An 11-year-old girl was slapped, punched, kicked and even shocked with a stun gun by a group of five other girls after a basketball game around 7 p.m. Sunday on East 125th Street near Madison Avenue in Harlem.
During the roughly 4-minute beatdown, cops sat idly in nearby cruisers — but they didn’t get out until the girl was bloody and bruised, a Post photographer observed.
At least 20 police cars were nearby on the street — with at least one a little more than a car-length away, photos show.
Police sources told The Post the young girl was treated at Mount Sinai Hospital after being cut, bruised and shocked in the stomach with the stun gun. The girl told cops she didn’t know her attackers but knew two of their handles on social media, sources said.
The NYPD did not immediately respond for comment. It was not known if any arrests were made in connection with the fight.
The hands-off approach comes as the police unions challenge a portion of NYC’s chokehold bill that makes it a misdemeanor crime to use any technique during an arrest that could limit breathing.
Top NYPD officials have also spoken out against the local reform, calling it dangerous, but have denied a slowdown — despite video leaking out from a weekly CompStat meeting capturing precinct leaders telling Chief of Department Terence Monahan that cops were “afraid” of facing charges over the law.
Over the last month, arrests have plummeted, with cops making nearly 60 percent fewer collars, according to NYPD statistics released Monday.
Cops are also pulling over fewer drivers, issuing a quarter of the normal speeding tickets — with the city’s speed cameras violation count holding steady.
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