NYPD are now seeking 6 in Brooklyn Bridge protest melee
Six people who joined a massive demonstration in New York City over recent police-involved deaths were being sought Monday after police spotted them on amateur video swarming two officers trying to make an arrest.
The three men and three women grabbed, kicked and punched the two New York Police Department lieutenants on Saturday night as the pair struggled to stop another protester from throwing a trash can off an elevated walkway on the Brooklyn Bridge at fellow officers policing a march on the roadway below, police said.
Police Commissioner William Bratton said at a news conference the NYPD planned to seek the public’s assistance in identifying the six suspects by publicizing photos of them taken from a video posted online.