Posted on 09/14/2023 12:04:39 PM PDT by grundle
Police said officer-worn bodycam footage shows the moment McCray suddenly delivered a "sucker punch" to an officer’s face, breaking his nose in the "unprovoked" assault."
Officers can be seen rushing to pull McCray to the ground and put him in handcuffs.
McCray was charged with felony second-degree assault on a police officer and other charges. He was held at a county jail – until his bail application hearing.
While the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office requested a significant amount of bail, the department said McCray "convinced" a county court judge to release him until his next court date "by issuing a simple apology and mentioning an upcoming job interview."
Police said McCray is a repeat offender who is on parole through 2027 for an attempted robbery conviction from 2017. He served most of his five-year prison sentence in that case.
Prior to the alleged assault on the officer, McCray built a lengthy criminal record over the last 20 years with six felony and seven misdemeanor criminal convictions, according to police.
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano called the situation "the very definition of insanity," in a written statement.
"The justice system is consistently bailing out criminal offenders," Spano said. "This Officer is now out on leave and not able to do his job, while this offender is able to continue to make a living. How can any reasonable person expect that we can protect the public if we can’t even protect our Police Officers?"
Police Commissioner Christopher Sapienza said
"If we continue to tell offenders that crime, especially violent crime, is not taken seriously by the decisions made in our courts, we can be sure that judges’ inaction and gentle approach to punishing repeat felons will severely undermine and limit the effectiveness of any crime-fighting strategy."
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Hey, the people voted for it. It’s not going to change until the people change. Hint: they ain’t changing.
SO for certain demographics in NY it is now okay to break a cops nose.
Interesting.
Probably would have been released even if he’d shot the cop dead.
Ah, he should be released on a handshake, an apology, and a promise to never do it again, cross his precious heart! After all, he’s gonna be a rap star and is turning his life around, doncha know!
</great big dose of sarcasm>
An uncle was a cop in the 1940s-80s. Not in NY City, but in Cleveland.
In the “old days,” the perp would have received a severe beating from the other cops right on the spot for such an act.
Right or wrong? You be the judge.
Democrats. Progressives. Idiots.
“Democrats. Progressives. Idiots.”
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Its amazing what they promote and condone (violence, destruction, mayhem, lawlessness, etc.) so you have to ask who the idiots really are.
BTT
Leftist voters will cry foul when they get this treatment or worse.
Cops being to nicey, nicey to the african-american.
This thug will be suing the police department for hurting his hand. And the City will settle with him because they don’t want to go to Court.
If you really want your blood to boil watch the “Code Blue Cam” youtube videos. People feloniously assault cops, spit on them, hit them with their cars, fight them, punch them, kick them, and they get charged with “felony assault on an office” along with a long list of other felonies. When it goes to trial the DAs and prosecutors throw out all the felonies committed against the cops and the judge knocks everything down to misdemeanors with a few hundred dollars fine. Why would any cop waste their time or blood?
Westchester
County Court Judges
Hon. Helen M. Blackwood, AJSC
Hon. Susan Cacace, AJSC
Hon. Susan M. Capeci, AJSC
Hon. George E. Fufidio, Jr., AJSC
Hon. Robert J. Prisco, AJSC
Hon. Maurice D. Williams
There should be a 90 day national police strike. I know it would suck for some at first but the garbage would be taken out.
Isn’t NY ‘s brave new whirled grand?
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