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Police Officer Assaulted

In what began as a domestic disturbance call, quickly escalated when the family turned their wrath on the responding officers, and allegedly assaulted them and injuring one of the officers.

Neighbors living on the Empire Blvd. and Troy Ave. intersection were treated to a show of force displayed the NYPD that befitted a full blow riot [without the riot gear].

The call came across at around 1:30pm where the police officer was heard yelling into the radio for back up and for the Emergency Services Unit, within minutes there were about 25 Squad cars, 2 ambulances, 2 ESU trucks and even a helicopter. Everyone in that family was arrested and the injured police officer was taken to KCH.

After this call the police spread out across Crown Heights and was pulling over motorist up and down the Avenue blocks, in what may be a continuing show of force due to the events of earlier that day.

More pictures in the Extended Article.


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14 Comments

  • chaim

    these police are really that bored? why cant we go back to the times of giluani when the police were profesional.

  • RL

    I like the show of force. Don’t mess with the cops, they are doing their job, but…a lil overboard if you ask me

  • Me

    You have to understand that when Cops gets injured and how much more so when they are shot at the police react with as much force as possible. This is to ensure something like this doesnt happen again. They should be congratulated for such a response.

  • yankel

    Crown heights is becoming an entertaining place again! like in the early 1990’s when it was so entertaning that the media "lived" in crown heights.
    its unfortunate though.

  • CH

    From somone who lives around there,the two brothers who were arrested are Hispanics or something of that type. They are scary if you ask me!

  • Shlomo

    Part of the reason they have such a show of force is teh NYPD internal culture, which is you support your brothers when a officer attacked call comes through. To them, it’s a hatzalah call. Each guy wants to be there first to help out. So I don’t like the fact that they overdo it, but I can understand it.

  • suporter

    I like the show of force. Maybe they can emulate it when cv"s there is a mugging or burglary. Did they ever catch the guys who broke into kol tov or the icecream store?

  • bothered in ch

    when someone pulled a gun on me and i called the cops it took 15 minutes for one car to show up, they are grown men with guns they dont need 25 cop cars to show up….. its us who dont have the guns who need the 25 cars.