An NYPD cop was attacked with a glow stick-like object – causing a deep cut that required two staples – during a weekend protest that spanned two boroughs, authorities said.
The officer was hurt near the tail end of the Saturday night demonstration organized by the group Black Kings NYC – in which a band of 25 protesters marched from the Barclays Center area to West 145th Street and Bradhurst Avenue in Hamilton Heights, police said.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry on Sunday released a photo of the cop’s bloody head wound, and the weapon used in the assault – which appears to be some kind of glow stick.
“Yesterday evening, the NYPD responded to an unlawful protest,” the NYPD official posted on X. “After giving multiple warnings to demonstrators, our officers moved in to disperse the crowd. At that time, one of our officers was struck in the head with an object, causing a deep cut that required two staples. Thankfully, he will be ok.”
“The NYPD will always support the First Amendment right to peacefully protest, but we will never tolerate unlawful disruptions in our city.”
No one had been arrested by Monday in connection to the attack on the officer – who was at home recovering by the late afternoon, Daughtry said in a subsequent post.
However, a total of three people were taken into custody during the protest, which began around 7:30 p.m. and wrapped up around 9:45 p.m., cops said.
Another officer was hurt during the demonstration, suffering minor injuries, but police provided no details on that incident.
The protest was part of a series of weekly demonstrations against police corruption – and its organizers have pushed for several NYPD chiefs to be removed over misconduct claims, AM NY reported.
Sources within the protest argued that tensions only flared when cops rushed the group and began to make arrests without provocation, according to the paper.
The Post recently revealed that NYPD cops have been getting assaulted by suspects at a record-setting pace.
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.
Radical protests, an influx of criminal migrants, bail reform, anti-cop rhetoric and soft-on-crime prosecutors is the brew that fuels the dangerous and disturbing trend, experts told The Post.
