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NYPD Cop Admits He Has Been Ordered To Hide His Identity

08-06-2020

2020

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This is the moment an NYPD cop admits on camera “orders from directly above” to obscure his badge number and remove his name tag amid the Black Lives Matter protests.. The incident occurs in one of a number of videos recorded during protests against police brutality and racial inequality in New York in the wake of George Floyd’s death. In the clips, officers can be seen with black ribbons over their badge numbers, one officer says he has received “orders from directly above” to cover the badge. He refuses to give his name and badge number to the man recording who says the cops have been told to cover their badges with “a so-called mourning banner”. Other officers in riot gear can be seen facing up to protestors with their badge numbers obscured, whilst another line of officers can all be seen with their numbers covered as teh man recording says “you know what they came to do”. Netizen ‘BreezeCrypto’ who recorded the clips wrote: “NYPD officer tells me he has orders from above to remove his name tag badge number precinct pins and body camera downtown Brooklyn new york near protests. Refuses to identify his self. Violation of Right to Know act. “Saw an unmarked NYPD police car at the protests in Brooklyn New York today with it's license paint spray painted in black in the same fashion they cover their badge numbers. “Here is another NYPD officer I spotted covering his badge number in front of his supervisor, up the street from the Barclay center protests in Brooklyn New York today, directly against the Right to Know act and the official NYPD patrol guide.” Another officer can be seen ignoring the man recording him telling him he is in violation of the patrol guide by covering his badge number, while his “supervisor” looks on. The National Lawyers Guild have now reportedly written to the NYPD saying that covering police badges is violating rules and gives “a sense of impunity” to the protests. The association demanded that the practice be stopped, threatening legal action against the city if it continues. Officers in New York began wearing ribbons over their badges in April in memory of officers who died in the COVID-19 pandemic. New York police commissioner Dermot Shea wrote on 16th April: “New Yorkers may begin to see our officers with black mourning bands across their shields - and across their hearts. We wear these in quiet commemoration of our 27 brothers and sisters we’ve lost to #COVID.” The police department’s Patrol Guide permits black bands to be worn for short periods after an officer’s death, but does not allow officers from using the bands to obscure their badge number. Andy Izenson, president of the New York City chapter of the National Lawyers Guild told The Intercept: "The trend of individual officers to sidestep what minimal accountability exists, in order to more effectively and with greater impunity brutalise protesters for pretextual reasons, is unacceptable." It is unclear if the NYPD plan to take action on the matter. (T4 / ends)

Pic Shows: Dermot Shea, Police Commissioner of the City of New York posted this back in April;

These videos show NYPD officers covering their badge numbers with tape and ribbons during Black Lives Matter protests, prompting threats of lawsuits from top lawyers.

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captionPic Shows: Dermot Shea, Police Commissioner of the City of New York posted this back in April; These videos show NYPD officers covering their badge numbers with tape and ribbons during Black Lives Matter protests, prompting threats of lawsuits from top lawyers.

Pic Shows: The NYPD covering their badge numbers with ribbons and electric tape;

These videos show NYPD officers covering their badge numbers with tape and ribbons during Black Lives Matter protests, prompting threats of lawsuits from top lawyers.

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captionPic Shows: The NYPD covering their badge numbers with ribbons and electric tape; These videos show NYPD officers covering their badge numbers with tape and ribbons during Black Lives Matter protests, prompting threats of lawsuits from top lawyers.