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The beat down on the beat for New York City cops is real.
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Experts tell the New York Post that NYPD officers are getting hurt at a record pace.
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In 2022, the number of officers hurt by suspects went up 20% when 4,724 uniformed officers suffered injuries in attacks compared to 3,933 in 2021, the daily tabloid reports.
And last year, that number went up again in the first nine months when 4,077 cops were attacked by suspects for a record-breaking 5,436 injuries with the numbers for the last quarter of 2023 yet to be released.
“Well over 5,000 cops were attacked and injured last year – that’s not only a record, it’s a full-blown epidemic,” Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry told The Post.
“The vicious attacks on police officers we’ve seen recently didn’t come out of nowhere. This dangerous environment has been building for years… It’s not going to get better until those who attack police officers are consistently prosecuted and kept in jail.”
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Five were charged but let go without bail and several others headed to California.
Observers blame the justice system that coddles criminals and vilifies cops on soft-on-crime prosecutors, a woke City Council and state bail reform that allows most accused criminals to be released.
“The reason so many NYPD officers are being injured is simple: the criminals have become emboldened because there are no consequences for resisting arrest or fighting with officers,” Sergeants Benevolent Association President Vincent Vallelong told the Post.
“If today’s criminals are not afraid of attacking police officers, they have even less qualms about hurting members of the public.”
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