New york police cars burned. Saturday on essex street near rivington street on. Cnn senior law enforcement analyst james gagliano tweeted. Police cars burn windows shatter as protests roil new york street protests spiraled into new york citys worst day of unrest in decades saturday as fires burned windows got smashed and dangerous.
The nypd said at least 120 people were arrested and at least 15 police vehicles damaged or destroyed. Police cars burn windows shatter as protests roil new york. Nypd source informs me 88 pct in brooklyn just been overrun.
By sunday morning the department said that 47 police vehicles had been damaged during protests 13 of them burned in ways that were similar to the attack on the first police van in fort greene. Violent rioters reportedly stormed a police precinct in new york city on friday and lit law enforcement vehicles on fire. Police on monday said theyre looking for a man in his 20s or 30s who allegedly vandalized three unoccupied parked police cars around 11 pm.
An image of a blazing cop car in. New york city mayor bill de blasio a democrat blamed the destruction on a small number of. Each day brings new images of damaged police property more often than not a cruiser that has been smashed up and covered with graffiti or outright burned.
Police commissioner shea has called a level 3 mobilization. The new york city police department arrested more than 100 people saturday during protests a senior police official said adding that 15 police vehicles have been burned in manhattan and in.