VIDEO: Thug sneaks up on detective, whacks side of his head with stick, causing gash, in brazen, broad-daylight attack
A New York City detective was in the middle of doing paperwork amid a robbery investigation in Queens on Monday when cellphone video caught a man sneaking up on the detective and whacking the side of his head with a long, plastic stick, resulting in a head wound, police told the New York Post.
The Detectives' Endowment Association shared video on Twitter showing the uniformed officer standing outside the crime scene on a sidewalk covered in broken glass.-- More...
Welcome to NYC!
— Detectives' Endowment Association (@NYCPDDEA) April 26, 2021
Even as our Detectives investigate crimes they’re attacked by emboldened criminals, who have quickly realized there are no consequences for law breakers in our city.
The DEA is calling for this violence to be fully prosecuted as we look to file civil charges. pic.twitter.com/3FuiBEEcE1
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