The joint effect of protests combined with cellphone video is transforming the power relationship btwn civilians & police. “Prosecutors are weighing criminal charges against as many as 40 other officers, law enforcement officials said.”
New York Police Officer Vincent D’Andraia will be charged with misdemeanor assault, harassment and menacing for shoving 20-year-old Dounya Zayer to the ground and calling her a “bitch.”
But I’m sure Trump thinks she staged her fall too.
Breaking: A NYC police officer is expected to be arrested and face criminal charges today after he was recorded shoving a Floyd protester to the ground and calling her a “bitch.”
In her story today about the first NYPD officer to face criminal charges arising from the George Floyd protests in New York, @AshleyAtTimes drops the remarkable fact that prosecutors are weighing further charges against as many as 40 other cops.
Transferred! "Inspector Edelman was among several officers who were nearby and did not intervene to stop Officer D’Andraia, Lemon’s video shows. They continued walking after the encounter. Edelman has been transferred, according to Commissioner Shea."