Release
Yohenry Brito, the only migrant caught and caged for the Times Square beatdown of two NYPD officers, just tasted freedom again. How? A Brooklyn priest with a penchant for activism coughed up $15,000 for bail. Brito, 24, fresh off his stint at Rikers for the January 27 melee, was sprung from the clink on Tuesday, courtesy of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge, as their pastor spilled the beans:
Our church is basically a sanctuary. We assume that people are innocent until they are proven otherwise.
The Clash
On January 27, 2024, in Times Square, NYPD officers clashed with migrants in a showdown that grabbed the nation’s gaze, throwing New York City’s sanctuary city stance under the microscope. Yohenry Brito, a 24-year-old immigrant caught in the fray, emerged as the poster child of the ensuing furor after cops slapped him with cuffs and a judge tagged a $15,000 bail on his freedom. The scuffle lit the fuse on heated arguments over immigration policies and how the boys in blue handle their business.