Metro

Video captures moment cops mace intruder who jumped desk at NYPD’s Times Square station

A new video shows the moment cops maced an intruder who jumped the front desk at the Times Square police substation after threatening cops with a cane.

The minute-long surveillance clip captures the man leaping over the desk just before 11 a.m. Monday as cops try to get him into custody.

The man, whose name was not released, then sits down at the desk as cops come into the desk area from the door behind. The cops then mace him and tackle him to the ground, the video shows.

A man jumped over a desk at the Times Square NYPD substation and threatened police officers on May 23, 2022.
The man threatened the cops with a cane.
Police officers responded by spraying the man with mace.
The man was arrested after the incident.

The clip stops as two of the cops hit the man with their batons multiple times.

The man was arrested but the charges filed were not immediately known.