Exclusive | Assaults on NYPD officers surge 63% over six years and experts warn troubling trend wont end soon
Assaults on NYC cops have surged a shocking 63% over the past six years — and police officers and experts warned this week that the trend will continue because of a criminal-friendly justice system that fails to “deliver any consequences.”There have been 970 assaults on uniformed police officers in the city so far this year, up from the 595 officers attacked at the same point in pre-pandemic 2019, NYPD data show.The number of assaulted cops, which includes all city law enforcement officers, is up 57% so far this year compared to the same span three years ago, and climbed 4% compared to the same period last year, the data show.The stats emerged amid a spate of recent attacks on cops, including:Nafees‘ younger brother, Chowdhury Navid, said his brother was telling the masked men to just take his belongings during the May 24 attack because he wanted to get through the ordeal.
“He was on his way home … and suddenly these two perpetrators out of nowhere, one with a knife and the other with a gun, they disarmed him and they robbed him,” Navid, 24, told The Post.“My brother initially didn’t want to reveal his identity,” Navid said, adding that Nafees told the robbers to take his wallet and money.“They saw the uniform and they were like ‘Oh, s–t, this is a f—ing cop.'”But that didn’t stop them — it made the beatdown even worse, the brother said.“After that, they assaulted him because he was a cop,” the brother said.
“There was no other reason.He was cooperating so that he could get away without any harm.
Their anger toward the police department and the criminal justice system was deep enough for them to continue hurting my brother.” The rookie officer, who joined the NYPD in September, had a knife placed to his throat as he was robbed of his gun, shield and phone on St.Peter’s Avenue in Westchester Square, video of the attack showed.One of the goons even kicked Nafees in the face before fleeing.
The officer underwent succes...