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BROOKLYN, NY (77WABC) – An NYPD video of a man smashing a glass bottle over the head of a police officer is going viral because this isn’t the first time he’s allegedly attacked a cop.
An officer’s body-cam footage shows the suspect, Tyshaun Holloway of Hackensack, New Jersey speaking with two officers on a street corner East Flatbush, Brooklyn when out of no where he hits one of the officers with a glass bottle before running off.
The officers had been on patrol in the area to “address community concerns.”
The attack happened Sunday at about 4:50 a.m. was clearly unprovoked, added police. The injured officer suffered deep cuts to his neck and head that required stitches and staples. The other officer then after the attacker and quickly arrested him.
Cops charged Holloway with assault, menacing, resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, and criminal possession of a weapon.
In 2016, the NYPD says he was also arrested twice for assaulting cops. Many police union leaders are questioning why Holloway has yet to serve any meaningful jail-time despite his history of assaulting police.
“Another reminder of the grave dangers your cops face every day as they take to the streets to protect the people of NYC,” said NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea. “We’re both lucky and thankful that our officer’s injuries from this unprovoked attack weren’t more severe.
The video of the incident is below:
https://twitter.com/NYPDnews/status/1417173548691505155
