Vincent D’Andraia was being arraigned on assault and other charges days after a bystander recorded him pushing protester Dounya Zayer, causing her to hit her head on the pavement. “If not for this being on video it would have been business as usual for the NYPD,” Aboushi said. D’Andraia is the first New York City police officer to face criminal charges over alleged misconduct exhibited during days of unrest that roiled the city in the wake of Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. Two Buffalo officers were charged with assault last week after they were seen on video shoving a 75-year-old protester to the ground. “We will say it again: New York City police officers have been abandoned by our leadership.

Source: The Standard June 10, 2020 05:23 UTC