A protester assaulted a group of New York Police Department (NYPD) cops, including the highest-ranking uniformed member of the department, on Wednesday during a demonstration on the Brooklyn Bridge, according to police and footage of the attack. A police department spokesperson said the Chief of Department, Terence Monahan, is the other white-shirt member of the department seen in the video with the group at the time of the attack and suffered a non-life-threatening hand injury. EX-NYPD LIEUTENANT RIPS DE BLASIO AS 'EMPTY SUIT MAYOR' AS VIOLENT CRIME SURGESThree officers suffered serious injuries, the tweet states. After the first melee, another chaotic brawl occurred between more protesters and police near the where the first one happened. It was not immediately clear if the video showed the only incident of violence or if others had occurred off-camera.

Source: Fox News July 15, 2020 18:21 UTC