New York Detectives Union to sue police attackers

The New York Detectives Union has promised to sue any protester, rioter or marauder who attacks law enforcement. This publication writes Fox News.

After the death of a black resident of Minneapolis, George Floyd, who died in police custody, people across the country took to mass protests. Their main demand is to stop the violence from the cops. However, the police themselves are increasingly becoming victims of the protesters who attack them.

To protect law enforcement officials, the New York City Detectives Union is threatening to sue the protesters. “If you attack a New York detective and there are no criminal justice consequences, we must have other means to protect our detectives,” said Paul DiGiacomo, president of the Detectives' Endowment Association. which represents about 19 thousand current and former detectives. He has vowed to sue any protester, rioter, or marauder who attacks union members.

While law enforcement officers work in extremely difficult conditions, trying to protect the innocent people who went to the protest rally, other elements within this group “attack, rob and victimize not only policemen and detectives, but also residents of the city,” DiGiakomo added.

The first lawsuit was filed against a looting suspect accused of stealing goods from a pharmacy in Manhattan and allegedly attacking detective Joseph Nicolosi. The detective claimed to have been injured during the fight when a 19-year-old suspect resisted the arrest.

“Stones were thrown at them, they were shot at, they were attacked. I don't know how much more they can handle in a day. And, you know, they are the best in the world, and they do a fabulous job, but they are demonized by elected officials, ”said DiGiacomo.

It is unclear whether lawsuits will be successful - especially with current laws protecting police officers. “This is not a new police tactic. It was tried out back in the 1990s in New York, at another time when there was a lot of unrest and ultimately it didn't work, ”said civil rights lawyer Ron Kuby, a police activist. deeds for decades.

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Kyuubi said that if detectives want to sue citizens, they must remove the legal restrictions that protect them, such as limited immunity. He also noted that law enforcement officials are legally compensated, which generally prevents them from bringing claims in person, and said both exceptions should be lifted. “If the police want to use civil law as a tool for their policing, those of us who pay wages now have the opportunity to carry out real reform, which is to abolish compensation for police officers, stop free lawyers for the police, end qualified immunity for police - and we'll see how it works for them, ”Kyuubi said.

He also said that the police have made a lot of effort to protect their privacy, which will be removed by filing a lawsuit. “The police are worried about privacy concerns and don't want their personal history to be passed on to the very people they are suing,” Kyuubi said. "This is another good reason not to go through these lawsuits."

However, DiGiacomo remained unshakable. “We will stand up for our detectives and we will conduct civil cases and send a signal to the criminal element that they will not get away with it. If we cannot get them in one way, we will get them in another, ”he said.

According to New York police, more than 350 of its employees were injured during the protests.

Recall earlier, the mayor of New York promised cut down NYPD funding. The reason was that the department spends more than the armies of some countries.