Times Square officers attacked: Yohenry Brito appears in Manhattan court for bail hearing
Police say Yohenry Brito instigated a brawl against NYPD officers, but advocates say the bodycam video paints a different picture.
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Police say Yohenry Brito instigated a brawl against NYPD officers, but advocates say the bodycam video paints a different picture.
The number of New York City police officers getting injured by perps has skyrocketed, with the 2023 numbers totaling a whopping 5,363.
Nearly 1,300 NYPD officers were assaulted by suspects in just the last three months of 2023.
A total of 1,286 NYPD officers were injured in battles with suspects over the last quarter of 2023, bringing the final annual tally to a record 5,363 injured cops, department data show.
“Well over 5,000 cops were attacked and injured last year – that’s not only a record, it’s a full-blown epidemic,” Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry told The New York Post. In a city engulfed in crime, Mayor Eric Adams has decided to cut the police force by 6000 officers.