NYPD officers say coronavirus social distancing policing needs to end [image: Vandana Rambaran]
By Vandana Rambaran <https://www.foxnews.com/person/r/vandana-rambaran> | Fox News <http://www.foxnews.com/> https://www.foxnews.com/us/nypd-officers-say-coronavirus-social-distancing-policing-needs-to-end Officers from the New York Police Department <https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement> have decried city officials "get cops out of the social distancing enforcement business altogether," following backlash stemming from a violent confrontation with police over the weekend as officers tried to enforce the rules. Patrick Lynch, the president of the Police Benevolent Association, lambasted city leadership, saying officers have received "nothing but vague guidelines and mixed messages, leaving the cops on the street corners to fend for ourselves." As the weather heated up in New York City <https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/new-york-city>, the police department dispatched 1,000 officers on Saturday <https://www.foxnews.com/us/nypd-dispatches-1000-officers-in-nyc-to-enforce-social-distancing-as-weather-warms-up> to break up large gatherings and enforce social distancing rules intended to protect against the spread of COVID-19. Officials said over 112 summonses were issued in the city over the weekend for failing to obey social distancing orders and at least three people were arrested. The arrests occurred in Manhattan’s East Village, where a plainclothes officer handcuffed two people, Shakiem Brunson, 31, and Ashley Serrano, 22, at a deli. When officers approached a third person, 33-year-old Donni Wright, a confrontation occurred and the officer was caught on camera slapping Wright in the face, punching him in the shoulder and dragging him to a sidewalk after leveling him in a crosswalk. The exchange was caught on video by a bystander and went viral on social media. *Click on the link for the rest.* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W-LddJ2eqUVfJExf_9T_KcjBx4Z5SsJsKz1Fa96BvmesA%40mail.gmail.com.
