{"id":291459,"date":"2021-07-05T23:45:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T20:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nypd-cop-hurt-in-clash-at-washington-square-park\/"},"modified":"2021-07-05T23:45:52","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T20:45:52","slug":"nypd-cop-hurt-in-clash-at-washington-square-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nypd-cop-hurt-in-clash-at-washington-square-park\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYPD cop hurt in clash at Washington Square Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYPD cop hurt in clash at Washington Square Park<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A police officer was injured amid clashes with a wild crowd at Washington Square Park early Sunday morning \u2014 an hour after the NYPD enforced the park\u2019s midnight curfew.<\/p>\n

Video posted on Twitter<\/a> shows officers attempt to maintain a barricade at the edge of the park with metal fencing, as parkgoers taunt them from the other side.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou a f\u2013kin\u2019 chump,\u201d one person can be heard repeatedly telling cops \u2014 as an app<\/a>arent provocation outside the frame of the camera sends dozens of officers charging after someone down Thompson Street.<\/p>\n

Later in the clip, cops can be seen surrounding their target, then briefly losing control of the suspect when a woman attempts to intervene while screaming, \u201cGo, go!\u201d <\/p>\n

The group of officers then pounces on the second woman, who they subdue on the ground. <\/p>\n

Cops made six arrests tied to the skirmish, which started shortly before 1 a.m.<\/p>\n

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A police officer was injured amid clashes with a wild crowd in Washington Square Park <\/figcaption>
Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cops made six arrests tied to the clash early July 4, 2021.<\/figcaption>
Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cLast night, Washington Square Park was closed just after midnight without incident,\u201d NYPD said in a statement. \u201cA group of agitators began knocking over barriers, causing an injury to an officer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police have maintained a presence at the problem-plagued park, which has been the scene of all-night booze-filled dance parties and even unsanctioned boxing matches despite the midnight curfew.<\/p>\n

On Saturday night, cops booted a few dozen people from the Greenwich Village greenspace promptly at midnight with no problems, putting up barricades secured with zipties at each entrance.<\/p>\n

Locals have complained at length about the constant partying inside the park \u2014 which has often devolved into violence, including last week following Pride Day celebrations.<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Steven Vago<\/em><\/p>\n

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Officers attempted to maintain a barricade as parkgoers taunted them from the other side.<\/figcaption>
Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n