New York's Finest sustained an astonishing 4,600 injuries at the hands of violent suspects in the first nine months of 2024. This is the highest number since the NYPD began keeping such statistics in 2016.
This horrifying number is 13% higher than the 4,077 police injuries citywide during the same period in 2023, and a whopping 60% higher than the 2,886 police injuries recorded during the same period in 2021.
From April to June, 1,640 on-duty and off-duty police officers were injured by thugs, the highest number ever in a single quarter.
The situation was much the same over the next three months, with 1,618 police injuries the second highest on record.
The majority of police injuries (4,285) in the first three quarters of 2024 were minor, but 192 were considered “serious” requiring hospital treatment, and 123 were considered “serious” requiring hospitalization. ”.
A top cop blamed NYPD Blues for the influx of more than 58,000 immigrant criminals into the Big Apple.
“The law says there are no serious consequences for assaulting a police officer, and when we are housing an identical criminal for free, of course we cannot prosecute or deport him. We're going to have a lot more interactions with the same violent individuals that we didn't have,” SBA President Vincent Vallelong told the Post.
“We have notorious gangs distributing poison in our cities who are being given free passes, putting the lives of law enforcement officers at risk and putting public safety at risk.” he continued, referring to the Venezuelan outlaws known as the Torren de Aragua.
“More immigrants [assault cops] more than the average citizen,” said a police officer who has been on the job for more than 20 years.
As of last month, nearly 8% of the 759,218 undocumented immigrants living in New York City had prior convictions or pending criminal charges, according to startling ICE data uncovered by the Post. That's what it means.
In one particularly ugly, immigrant-incited incident, two groups of brawling illegals confronted two police officers who arrived to break up a May 19 brawl inside the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown. There was a group clash.
One police officer was bitten on the left arm and suffered bruises on his left leg. Another man suffered injuries to his head, right elbow and wrist. Police officials at the time said one of the callous attackers even tried to steal a police officer's hat as a trophy.
Sources said both officers were taken to hospital in stable condition and four immigrants were arrested, three of whom had rap sheets in their possession before the incident.
Just last month, a 33-year-old Mexican immigrant was arrested in Elmhurst, Queens, for assaulting two police officers who tried to handcuff him during a street brawl.
Mauricio David Sosa, who had just punched another man in the face, punched one officer in the face and kicked another in the lower abdomen as he tried to arrest him, authorities said.
Sosa was later charged with two counts of felony assault and resisting arrest, police said.
On January 27, 14 immigrants participated in a vicious assault on two police officers in Times Square that was caught on camera. Only one of the suspects was jailed, and five were charged but released without bail.
About a week later, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced charges against seven of the suspected attackers, but authorities at the time said they had all fled to California.
Beyond violent immigrants, critics blame bail reform and moderate-on-crime prosecutors like Mr. Bragg for the spike in police assaults.
“The no-gun approach taken by both district attorneys and judges toward perpetrators who assault police officers is a major driver of this growing number of assaults… “I don't see that, so I say, “I can do it.'' “What I want,'' said NYPD Lt. John Macari.
“Shoplifters, drug dealers, protesters and immigrants are not afraid to reach out to anyone, including the police,” he added.
“Too many routine calls are turning into all-out brawls, and it's clear why. Our justice system continues to release the same violent repeat offenders, even as we try to lock them up again. Police will continue to attack,” police charities agreed. Mr. Patrick Hendry, Chairman of the Association.
Repeat offender Ernst Delma was on probation after violently punching rookie police officer Mary Fay and forcing her to the ground on August 8 in the Soundview section of the Bronx, authorities said.
Video taken shortly after the attack, which occurred after Fay tried to mediate an altercation between Delma, 41, and a group of children, shows a police officer trying to help a bystander off the sidewalk. Blood can be seen flowing from his face. Other officers attacked Delma.
Faye suffered a cut to her lip and was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
Delma, who was on probation for a New Jersey conviction at the time, had been arrested multiple times in the past few years for assault and robbery, including in July 2022 when he randomly assaulted a 57-year-old woman in Midtown. The incidents included punching, police officials said. .
The thug was charged with assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and obstruction of public administration.
On November 19, career criminal Gary Worthy robbed a smoke shop in Queens, Jamaica, and was stopped by police at gunpoint. Worthy, 57, turned and fired at the officer, striking veteran officer Rich Wong in the thigh. The wounded officer returned fire, hitting Worthy in the face and killing him.
Wong was taken to Jamaica Hospital and released the next morning with more than 200 NYPD officers cheering him on.
Worthy was already on life parole and had served two years in state prison before the fatal incident. Just a few months earlier, a Queens judge had released Worthy despite appeals from the Queens District Attorney's Office to set bail on two counts of assault and robbery.
From August to September, NYPD 46th Precinct officers had the most injuries (51) of all 78 precincts in the city, according to use-of-force data.
“Number 46 is one of the most violent orders, but criminals just feel there are no consequences,” explained the officer, who has been with the force for 20 years.
The statistics show a 29% year-on-year increase in the number of targeted injuries in the first three quarters of 2024, an astonishing 4,515 this year compared to 3,497 in 2023.
Overall, in the first nine months of 2024, the number of interactions between police and detectives in which at least one party was injured increased by 20% compared to the same period last year.
The NYPD did not respond to requests for comment.
