The overzealous NYPD cops who arrested an on-obligation mailman for shouting at them have been positioned on desk obligation, the NY Day by day Information reviews.
Lt. Luis Machado who oversaw the three plainclothes cops that arrested postal worker Glen Grays was relieved of his gun and badge.
Machado and the three cops have been driving recklessly in an unmarked police automotive once they almost sideswiped Grays’ mail truck in Brooklyn.
The officers exited the automotive and received right into a shouting match with Grays who was out delivering mail.
It ought to have ended there, however the hotheaded cops arrested Grays beneath a trumped up “resisting arrest” cost.
After video of Grays’ arrest went viral, the Inner Affairs Bureau launched an investigation.
Police Commissioner Invoice Bratton stated he had “robust considerations” concerning the officers’ actions.
“I’m very within the cost that was made towards this particular person, what he was arrested for and the validity of that,” Bratton stated Tuesday.
Patrick Lynch, head of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Affiliation, blamed Grays for the officer’s actions.
“Everybody, together with the police commissioner, ought to withhold public remark till all of the information are in,” Lynch stated.
“Nobody ever has the correct to withstand arrest,” Lynch added. “Compliance shouldn’t be optionally available.”
Grays, who’s married to a metropolis cop, needs an apology.
“Truthfully talking, we’re all human, all of us make errors, however recently plenty of errors have been made by cops,” Grays stated.
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