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Post by Origanalist on Apr 5, 2020 5:16:16 GMT -8
This is only going to escalate.
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Post by Origanalist on Apr 5, 2020 5:54:17 GMT -8
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Post by Origanalist on Apr 5, 2020 7:47:46 GMT -8
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Post by Origanalist on Apr 5, 2020 10:41:19 GMT -8
NYPD’S AGGRESSIVE POLICING RISKS SPREADING THE CORONAVIRUS NEW YORK CITY police officers arrested three people in Brooklyn over the weekend after they allegedly “failed to maintain social distancing,” court documents reviewed by The Intercept show. The three individuals appear to be among the first in the city to be arrested over the Covid-19 mitigation measures — despite city officials promising that those disregarding the lockdown would face fines at most. Violating social distancing is not a crime per se, but each of the individuals arrested was charged with obstructing governmental administration, unlawful assembly, and disorderly conduct. In a criminal complaint, police claim an informant observed a group of about 25 people “hanging out” in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood last Friday night and that the defendants “refused to leave the location and disperse” despite the informant repeatedly asking them to do so. But one of those arrested, a 37-year-old woman, disputed the facts described in the complaint, telling The Intercept that she had been in a parking lot with her boyfriend, who was also arrested, when she saw a group of people nearby dispersing into the street apparently after police ordered them to do so. The woman, who asked not to be named because the charges against her remain pending, told The Intercept that a large group of officers, wearing no masks, approached her and her boyfriend and told them it was “time to leave,” then proceeded to grab her boyfriend before they could do so. The interaction quickly escalated and officers pepper-sprayed two people as a crowd gathered to watch what was happening. “They actually brought the crowd inside that parking lot once they started bothering me,” she said. The woman was taken to the local precinct and then to central booking, where she shared a cell with two dozen other women for the next 36 hours. Only women who already had masks when they were arrested were allowed to keep them. There was no soap and the cell was dirty, but at one point an officer went around distributing drops of hand sanitizer to the women held there. “They got us all bunched up in one cell,” the woman said. “Nobody gave us no tissues. Regular jail stuff. Once you go in there they are going to treat you like the scum of the earth.” The woman was ultimately released on Sunday morning — but her employer has not allowed her back to work because of fears she was exposed to the virus while in detention. more.. theintercept.com/2020/04/03/nypd-social-distancing-arrests-coronavirus/ |
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Post by Origanalist on Apr 5, 2020 11:03:23 GMT -8
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Post by Origanalist on Apr 5, 2020 12:46:34 GMT -8
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Post by Origanalist on Apr 6, 2020 2:00:47 GMT -8
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