GUTTING: "I recall hearing bones cracking, people screaming, & just blood."
A year ago today, NYPD attacked 100s in Mott Haven Bronx. It was planned. NYPD used the curfew to trap, assault, & arrest. Today, 24 people who were attacked shared. Listen:gothamist.com/news/24-minute…
"We went there to protest police brutality and became victims of police brutality." Andom.
"I see one of the officers take his baton out and hit my brother. And I think that was the moment for me to realize that we’re being arrested." -Helen.
I was struck in the head, and I believe I lost consciousness. The next memory I had was a police officer dragging me by my hair, out of the crowd, face down." -Danny.
"As my hands were being put behind my back I was still being punched." -Jay.
"I saw officers in uniform climbing on top of cars with their batons beating into the crowd. I saw some of them smiling while they were doing it." -Ikaika.
At a news conference the next day, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea confirmed the premeditated nature of the operation saying, “We had a plan which was executed nearly flawlessly in the Bronx.” gothamist.com/news/nypds-amb…
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