Police body camera footage captured the moment chaos erupted this week at a hotel immigrant shelter north of New York City when officers encountered resistance as they tried to arrest them.
The video released by the Yonkers Police Department begins with a caller telling a dispatcher at the Ramada Inn in Yonkers that “there’s a man here and he’s unruly” and “he’s very violent towards everyone.” .
“He’s throwing things at everyone. Please send someone here right away,” the caller demanded.
The video then shows officers struggling to take the man, who police have identified as Arnal Kent, 35, into custody.
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Arnall Kent is shown being taken into custody at the Ramada Inn, an immigrant shelter in Yonkers, New York, on Tuesday, April 9. (Yonkers Police Department)
At one point in the video, a woman, identified as Yainilet Hernandez, can be seen trying to prevent the officer from opening the cruiser door as the officer attempts to put Kent into the cruiser.
“Get out of the way!” a voice can be heard saying repeatedly over the screams of the crowd gathered to witness the arrest.
“After failing to comply with several attempts to move, officers had to push Mr. Hernandez away in order to open the door and safely restrain Mr. Kent in the back of the vehicle,” police said in a statement. ” he said. “Hernandez also tried to pull the officers away from Kent in the process.”
Body camera footage then showed Hernandez being taken to the ground by police and then taken into custody himself.
“As officers attempted to handcuff Ms. Hernandez, she quickly moved away from several officers and attempted to strike multiple officers with her hands,” Yonkers police said in a statement. “One officer suffered injuries to his right knee and wrist during the struggle and was subsequently taken off duty.”
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Yonkers police said Yainiret Hernandez was trying to prevent Kent from being placed in a police vehicle. (Yonkers Police Department)
Mr. Kent was charged with threatening and disorderly conduct, obstructing government administration, and resisting arrest, and was released on an appearance ticket, but arrived in the United States from Venezuela in the fall and was arrested by hotel employees and others. He told Fox5NY that he had been abused by the police. Immigrants at the Ramada Inn base.
The New York City Department of Homeless Services has relocated approximately 250 immigrants and children to the Yonkers Ramada Inn since May 2023, according to the Yonkers Police Department.
Other immigrants told ABC7 that hotel staff entered their rooms without warning and insisted that dangerous equipment, including pots, needed to be removed.
One immigrant complained to police that his “iron, hairdryer and work items were missing,” and other migrants also reported that their money and jewelry were stolen.
Hernandez was charged with assault, obstruction of public administration and resisting arrest and is out on bail.
Hernandez himself was seen being taken into custody. (Yonkers Police Department)
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The Ramada Inn and West Hub, which Yonkers Police say “provides full-time compensation to those housed on site, including contracted security and housing provisions,” the organization said Friday via Fox News. did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Digital.
