HAVE FROM QUEENS VILLAGE
TONIGHT. I'M JESSICA FORMOSO,
BACK INSIDE TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT JESS, THANK YOU.
WELL, TWO MORE SUSPECTS HAVE
BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO
THAT BRUTAL ATTACK ON TWO NYPD
OFFICERS OVER THE WEEKEND.
ALL RIGHT, FOX FIVE'S MORGAN
MCKAY LIVE OUTSIDE CRIMINAL
COURT IN LOWER MANHATTAN. AND
MORGAN, WHAT'S THE LATEST ON
THIS CASE? STEVEN
NATASHA, ONE OF THE MEN
ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN THIS
ATTACK AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS
IN TIMES SQUARE ON SATURDAY
NIGHT. HIS ARRAIGNMENT JUST
WRAPPED UP, AND HE'S BEING HELD
ON A $15,000 BAIL. NOW, THE
OTHER MAN IS HAVING HIS CASE
DEFERRED FOR NOW, SO HIS
ARRAIGNMENT COULD COME AT A
LATER DATE. NOW, HERE IS VIDEO
OF THE TWO SUSPECTS AS THEY
ENTERED THE COURTROOM TODAY. THE
NYPD ALSO SHOWED UP IN FULL
OFFICERS AND PBA MEMBERS PACKING
THE COURTROOM FOR THE
ARRAIGNMENT. NOW ACCORDING TO
THE NYPD, MORE THAN A DOZEN MEN
ATTACKED TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN
TIMES SQUARE SATURDAY NIGHT.
FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE MEN
ORIGINALLY ARRESTED WERE
RELEASED WITHOUT BAIL. FOOTAGE
OF THE INCIDENT SHOWS AN NYPD
OFFICER AND LIEUTENANT TELLING A
GROUP OF MIGRANTS TO MOVE ALONG,
MOVE MOMENTS BEFORE THE FIGHT
BROKE OUT, WHEN THE TWO OFFICERS
TRIED TO PUT A MAN IN A YELLOW
JACKET UNDER ARREST, THEY WERE
ATTACKED BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE ON
KICKS AND PUNCHES AS THEY
ATTEMPTED TO WRESTLE SOME OF THE
INDIVIDUALS TO THE GROUND. NOW
ACCORDING TO THE NYPD, MULTIPLE
OF THESE PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY
PBA PRESIDENT PATRICK HENRY SAYS
THE OFFICERS WHO WERE ATTACKED
ARE CURRENTLY RECOVERING, BUT
THEY ARE OUTRAGED.
WE HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION
WHY DID THESE FOUR INDIVIDUALS
BE RELEASED. ON THEIR OWN
RECOGNIZANCE? WHY AREN'T THEY IN
JAIL RIGHT NOW? THEY BRUTALLY
ATTACKED A NEW YORK CITY POLICE
OFFICER AND A LIEUTENANT. OUR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS
UPSIDE DOWN. IT FAILS EVERY DAY.
POLICE REPRESENTATIVES ARE ALSO
CALLING FOR SOME OF THE MIGRANT
MEN INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK TO BE
DEPORTED.
GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL
WOULD LIKELY BE IN SUPPORT OF
DEPORTING THE MIGRANTS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK ON
POLICE, AND SAID SHE'S QUICKLY
LOOKING TO JUDGES AND
PROSECUTORS TO DO THE RIGHT
THING. NOW, THERE IS SOME
QUESTION WHETHER THE CITY'S
SANCTUARY CITY STATUS WOULD KEEP
THESE MEN FROM BEING DEPORTED
UNTIL AFTER THEY ARE CONVICTED.
HOWEVER, THE MAYOR'S CHIEF OF
STAFF TODAY SAYS IF FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES WISH TO DEPORT THESE
MIGRANTS INVOLVED IN THIS
INCIDENT, THE CITY WILL
COOPERATE.
IF THEY'RE CONVICTED OF THESE
SO SO, UM, ON THE ISSUE OF BAIL,
I THINK THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS
SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
RIGHT. AND SO THE CIRCUMSTANCES
UNDER WHICH THAT HAPPENED ARE
WE WOULD THINK THAT IF THEY WERE
ARRESTED FOR THESE CRIMES AND
THEY WERE PROPERLY ARRESTED FOR
THESE CRIMES, THAT THEY SHOULD
NOT BE BACK OUT ON THE STREET
BASED UPON WHAT THEY DID.
NOW, THE MEN ARRESTED AS PART
OF THIS ATTACK ARE FACING AT
LEAST FOUR CHARGES, INCLUDING
ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER AND
DISORDERLY CONDUCT, REPORTING