When police tried to arrest a male suspect for an undisclosed crime this week, the suspect responded by assaulting one of the officers.
NYPD officials say it happened on Tuesday, June 25 at about 12:50 a.m. on 60th and Second Avenue.
When two on-duty police officers attempted to apprehend the individual, the “wanted individual then assaulted [one of] the officer[s] by punching him in the face multiple times causing swelling and pain,” according to the report.
The officer also suffered a sprained shoulder and was transported by EMS to New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition.
The suspect ran off in an unknown direction.
Police describe the suspect as “a male with a dark complexion, approximately 6 feet 2 inches tall and a slim build. He was last seen wearing an army fatigue-colored hooded sweatshirt, an army fatigue baseball cap, and blue gloves.”
We have asked the NYPD what they were initially arresting him for. We’ll provide an update if they respond.
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Officers are evidently under instructions to avoid deadly force whenever possible. Otherwise, it is hard to grasp how the perp could punch one of the cops, then scamper away while the other is present and presumably able to use a service firearm. Taser, instead?