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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: commonone   😊 😞
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Subject: The NY City Police Beaten by Migrants
Date: 02/09/24 12:46 PM
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...turns out there is additional video evidence that was released last night by the NYPD that appears to conflict with police accounts of their initial interaction with a group of migrants that quickly escalated into a melee that triggered nationwide outrage.

Officer body camera videos and surveillance footage show Brito was originally standing with the other men around a concrete traffic bollard at the edge of the sidewalk outside of a migrant shelter as people walked by them unhindered.

A police officer then approaches Brito, swatting his jacket with his hand and saying “Let’s go. Vamos.”


The men walk away and and Brito follows them, stopping to rearrange something in a baby carriage that appears to be holding his possessions.

Moments later, one of the officers grabs Brito by his collar and rams him up against the wall of the adjacent building. As Brito struggles with the officer, the group of men who had been walking away return and start yelling at the police. After Brito tumbles to the ground, an officer on top of him, several other men take turns kicking the officers and grabbing them in an attempt to free Brito.

Brito was indicted earlier in the week and is being held on Rikers. Another of the five other men who have been charged remains in custody and a sixth is still under investigation.

Anyway, new information and here's how it's being reported...

Fox: NYPD officers attacked: Bodycam video shows men beat up cops near Times Square migrant shelter

NY Post: New video shows moments before migrants clash with NYPD cops in Times Square: ‘Look like Ugly Betty’

The City: New Videos Contradict NYPD Account of Lead-Up to Times Square Attack on Cops

AP: Body-camera footage shows chaotic lead-up to Times Square brawl between police and migrants

Complete details: thecity.nyc - Times square migrants arrests body camera footage contradicts nypd account
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