foxnews | The focus of so much of the recent George Floyd protests has been on police violence against demonstrators and others, but in New York City, the union that represents NYPD detectives is turning the tables.
"If
you assault a New York City Detective and there are no consequences
from the criminal justice system, we have to have other means to protect
our detectives," said Paul DiGiacomo, president of the Detectives'
Endowment Association, which has represented some 19,000 current and
former detectives. He vowed to sue any protestor, rioter or looter who
attacked its members.
"It's heart-wrenching because they are out
there doing a job under very difficult circumstances, trying to protect
the innocent people that are protesting while the criminal element is
within that group, assaulting, looting and victimizing not only police
officers and detectives out there, but also the people of the city."
The
first lawsuit has been filed against a looting suspect accused of
stealing items from a pharmacy in Manhattan and who allegedly attacked
Detective Joseph Nicolosi. The detective claimed he was injured in the
struggle when the 19-year-old suspect resisted arrest.
"They've had urine thrown at them, rocks thrown at them, shot at,
assaulted. I don't know how much more they could take a day of putting
up with a lot out there. And, you know, they are the finest in the world
and they are doing a fabulous job, but they are being demonized by the
elected officials," DiGiacomo said.
