NYPD officers ‘fed up’ with Alvin Bragg after Manhattan DA lets cop-beating migrants go without bail: ‘A complete joke’
Police officers and other critics are slamming Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for refusing to seek bail for the rowdy migrants arrested after allegedly being caught on camera attacking NYPD cops in Times Square.
Veteran police officers fumed to The Post Saturday that Bragg made a mockery of the entire justice system by letting five migrants walk after they were arraigned Wednesday on charges of second-degree assault on a police officer and obstruction of governmental administration in the shocking Jan. 27 beatdown.
“Alvin Bragg just showed all New Yorkers that the Police Department doesn’t matter to him,” said an NYPD detective with more than two decades on the job.
“What this does is open the window for all people to say we can beat up cops and nothing is going to happen to us. Thanks, Mr. Bragg.”
Another 25-year NYPD cop tore into the lefty prosecutor, saying his lack of action is a “complete joke “because the migrants committed “bail-eligible offenses.”
“They are not coming back,” said the police officer.
“I won’t be surprised if they’re back in Mexico.”
The outrage came as the embattled DA pledged Saturday to bring a grand jury investigation into the case.
“We are … preparing to present charges to the Grand Jury on Tuesday and will update the public as soon as legally permissible,” Bragg said in a statement. “We will not rest until every person who assaulted a police officer in this awful attack is held accountable.”
The seven men arrested so far in the beatdown of the cop and NYPD lieutenant were from shelters in outer boroughs, according to the NYPD.
Police are seeking six more suspects.
Of those arrested, six — including Darwin Andres Gomez, 19, Kelvin Servita Arocha, 19, Wilson Juarez, 21, and Yorman Reveron, 24 — have reportedly left for California, a police official said.
Also arrested were Jhoan Boada, 22, Yohenry Brito, 24, and Jandry Barros, 21, cops said.
All were listed by police as either homeless or living at migrant shelters.
Brito is being held without bail.
Boada flipped the bird with both hands to reporters and photographers after leaving his court arraignment.
“I think the cops are fed up,” the veteran cop added.
“We talk about it all the time. We’re a catch-and-release city. This is a complete joke. We put bad people behind bars to keep the community safe and, they just keep on letting them out. I really don’t understand what their agenda is.”
The feds are now involved, a senior law enforcement source told The Post, with immigration warrants having been issued for at least five of those who fled.
City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) also ripped Bragg refusing to seek bail for the punks and cheered a Manhattan judge for recently exposing the prosecutor’s two-face tactics.
“Alvin Bragg is to the perversion of justice as Harvey Weinstein is to perversion in general,” Borelli said.
“His backwards view on public safety is, once again, on full display for all to see. For those committing victimless political crimes, he is Wyatt Earp, for migrants committing the violent assaults our police officers, he is Barney Fife.”
“Let ‘em loose Bragg strikes again.”
The lefty prosecutor is even under fire from at least one judge for his soft-on-crime agenda.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Brendan T. Lantry blasted Bragg in a ruling Tuesday for using legal loopholes to try to throw the book at two New Yorkers who bought fake COVID-19 vaccine cards — despite using the same rules to routinely going easy on others charged with far more serious crimes.
Bragg’s office has also said it is still investigating and viewing video footage of the Time Square attack.
The DA issued a joint statement Saturday afternoon with NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban in which Bragg vowed to work “hand in hand with the NYPD” on the case.
“Our office continues to work with law enforcement to bring everyone responsible for these heinous attacks to justice. It is clear from video and other evidence that some of the most culpable individuals have not yet been identified or arrested,” Bragg said in his statement.
“An attack against a police officer is an attack against our entire society,” Caban said.
“The NYPD is thoroughly investigating this incident, which saw a group of cowards assault two uniformed officers tasked with protecting our community. We will work tirelessly with the office of the Manhattan district attorney to identify and arrest every person who participated in this event.”
