Cowatcher Jose LaSalle of @CopwatchCPU has released some audio he captured after NYPD arrested him at a #JordanNeely protest.
You can hear cops laughing about brutalizing protesters, calling protesters "trannies", & making some startling admissions. instagram.com/reel/CsFR_qWLs…
Jose LaSalle of @CopwatchCPU has released audio he captured after NYPD arrested him at a #JordanNeely protest.
In the 1st 2 min, the cops laugh about brutality, make sure their body cams are turned off, & say they worried about pushing each other into the train tracks.
Note: when the cops refer to "bodies" & "collars", they're referring to arrested protesters.
One NYPD cop can be heard complaining about being handed 2 "collars" & admitting that a lieutenant handed him an arrested protester & that he "didn't even know what to write" or "what corner he was" or even "what happened."
NYPD cops can be heard complaining about their fellow cops' disorganization. One cop brags "I pushed the fucking legal guy." The cops admit they don't know if protesters or other cops injured them. One cop claims that he isn't sure if a "tranny" or another cop punched him.
NYPD cops can also be heard laughing about brutalizing a protester. They comment how you could hear the blows to the protester's body, call the protester "an Asian a-hole", & remark how the protester was crying, couldn't breathe, & say "100% he cracked his ribs."
In the next batch of audio captured by copwatcher Jose LaSalle, you can hear cops reminiscing about brutalizing protesters in 2020.
Then they realize that one of Jose's devices is recording & switch to complaining about protesters throwing stuff at them. instagram.com/reel/CsFSQGOp5…
You can hear the NYPD cops reminiscing about brutalizing protesters in 2020 on the West Side Highway & #FTP4 in the Bronx.
"We not getting sued for that one! We good," one cop jokes.
I think this is the West Side Highway incident the cops are referring to.
The cops then say that "the detective division" is "the worst." One cop asks "they just start swinging at everybody?"
Then another cop complains about getting questioned by the CCRB.
Then a cop realizes one of Jose's devices is on & says "Oh shit! Something's recording!"
Copwatcher Jose LaSalle of @CopwatchCPU even captured video of when the NYPD cops discovered that Jose's body cam was still recording.
You can see the cops trying to shut it off.
The cops aren't able to turn off Jose's body cam.
You can tell the cops realized that they've fucked up. They get quieter & change the subject.
"The guy from copwatch. Those are all his fucking cameras."
"Oh you got him?"
"Yea"
"OK so I guess this is gonna be a quiet ride."
The NYPD cops then change the topic. They complain about patrol cops not helping SRG make arrests. They also start claiming that protesters threw water at them. One cop then claims that Occupy Wall Street protesters would mix pee, shit, & cum in bottles & throw it at cops.
This isn't the first time Jose LaSalle has caught NYPD cops on audio being horrible.
Here's a piece I wrote a few years ago on when Jose caught the cops who falsely arrested him celebrating his arrest & trying to falsely pin a felony on him. theappeal.org/bronx-cops-cel…
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Protesters countered the Hindu fascist displays at NYC’s India Day Parade on Sunday. Protesters followed the Ram Mandir float, passed out info to people, put up radical artwork along the parade route, & displayed a banner saying “Inquilab Zindabad” (“Long live the revolution!”).
Protesters chanted & spray painted “Azadi!” (“Freedom!”) along the parade route, spoke up for oppressed groups victimized by Hindu fascist violence in India & the US, & also waved Palestine flags while denouncing the Hindu fascist support of Israel.
All the videos & photos in this thread were sent to me anonymously.
A group called the Transit Liberation Front smashed 10 OMNY machines in subway stations across NYC in response to a call from Black revolutionaries in Atlanta calling for a summer of resistance against the US & Israel's colonial/state violence & surveillance.
The photo was sent to me anonymously.
Here's the communique:
"Recently, Black Revolutionaries in Atlanta sent out a call for a Summer of Resistance, [...]"
The NYC Police Foundation (a group of rich plutocrats who funnel money to NYPD) is holding a gala today. So far there’s a small group of protesters & an army of NYPD cops putting up barricades everywhere. Cops are making the protesters go almost a block away from the entrance.
On the way to this protest, I spotted NYPD Sgt Ahmed Abdalla (badge #: 2823) in uniform talking on the phone & smoking a cigarette. You can see him trying to hide it. That definitely goes against the NYPD Patrol Guide. Will he get disciplined for this? Let’s see. But I doubt it.
The NYC Police Foundation (a group of rich plutocrats who funnel money to NYPD) is holding a gala today. Protesters are near the entrance for (affluent) gala attendees walking & driving in. Protesters are chanting at & booing gala attendees as they walk to the gala.
I just got to Brooklyn Museum where pro-Palestine have made a stop during a march. Lots of NYPD cops in helmets & batons here to surveil and repress the protest. Protesters just dropped a banner saying “Free Palestine, Divest from genocide” from the top of the museum.
The connection sucks for me around here so my tweets are posting late. Lots of arrests though. Protesters are still outside Brooklyn Museum.
I’ll post more videos later when I’m somewhere with a better connection. Pro-Palestine protesters are still outside Brooklyn Museum. An army of NYPD cops are still here along with drones & a helicopter. Lots of brutal arrests today both inside & outside the museum.
I just got to the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at NYU. Looks like cops put up barricades around the encampment. People are here outside the barricades to show solidarity with the students. NYU students demand that NYU divest from Israel, close NYU Tel Aviv, & get cops off campus.
NYPD cop Anthony Smith (badge #: 23039) is here spying on protesters outside of NYU’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment.
“Over 40,000 dead!
NYU your hands are red!”
Pro-Palestine protesters are marching now outside of NYU.
Anarchists in NYC redecorated multiple Chase banks near Wall Street yesterday for its investments in Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems.
“Funder of genocide”, “Drop Elbit”, & “Free Gaza” were written in blood red paint, & the doors were chained & sealed shut with spray foam.
Chase Bank is the 6th largest stockholder in Elbit Systems. Even though NYPD tried to quickly take off the chains & foam & open the doors, much of the blood red paint still remains.