Police body camera video released in Times Square assault on officers

Body camera video shows Times Square assault on NYPD officers 02:40

NEW YORK — Body camera video just released Thursday shows the attack on two members of the NYPD in Times Square late last month .

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said he’s identified 11 people that were involved, and Thursday afternoon, seven of them were indicted.

Two of those indictments are people the NYPD has not found yet.

Five suspects are still unaccounted for.

Watch the full body camera video

Around 8:30 p.m. Jan. 27, body camera video shows asylum seekers talking back to police who are telling them to stop blocking the sidewalk on West 42nd Street. Eventually, an officer has 24-year-old Yohenry Brito against a wall. Bragg said Brito was refusing to comply, which eventually led to the group assault on the two cops.

“This assault, as it did to many of you, sickened me and outraged me. We all rely on our members of the NYPD, as I said, to keep us safe and keep this the safest big city in America,” Bragg said. “As a lifelong New Yorker, I do not tolerate attacks on our police officers, and certainly I do not as Manhattan district attorney. So, let me be clear, plain and simple. The behavior depicted that of you have seen is despicable.”

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