Shocking new police bodycam footage shows brutal migrant mob attack on cops in NYC’s Times Square
Dramatic body camera footage shows the disturbing attack on two New York City Police Department officers in Times Square – with seven migrants charged in the incident.
The Manhattan District Attorney Office released footage from two overhead cameras and two body cameras that captured much of the January 7 attack
Police were called to disperse a “disorderly group” in front of 220 West 42 Street when suspect Yohenry Brito, 24, “got into a confrontation with the officers” and they attempted to arrest him, according to NYPD Chief of Detectives , Joseph Kenny.
The officers first ask the group to move to another location, after which NYPD Lieutenant Ben Kurian confronts Brito, dressed in the yellow jacket, when he does not appear to leave the area.
Body camera footage shows the moment Brito was grabbed by the lieutenant and pushed against a wall as he tried to arrest him.
Newly released body camera footage shows the disturbing attack on two New York City Police Department officers in Times Square
Police were called to disperse a ‘disorderly group’ in front of 220 West 42 Street when suspect Yohenry Brito, 24, ‘got into a confrontation with the officers’
Body camera footage of NYPD Lieutenant Ben Kurian shows the second suspect Yohenry Brito, 24, who was wearing the yellow jacket, was grabbed by the lieutenant
As Kurian holds Brito against the wall, groups of people can be heard shouting at the officer in Spanish.
At that time, Brito tried to escape from Kurian and with the help of Officer Zunxu Tian, police grabbed the migrant’s clothes while trying to restrain him.
Video footage shows the two officers and Brito falling to the ground and during the struggle, other suspects intervened by pulling, grabbing and kicking the officers.
As Brito tries to wriggle away, the officers hold his shirt which he eventually takes off.
“Go arrest those guys,” Kurian said as the crowd fled.
On Thursday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced six additional charges in the attack, detailing the actions of each attacker to explain why he filed charges against them.
Up to fourteen men are believed to have been involved in the attack, although NYPD officials have repeatedly revised the number of suspects.
Brito tried to escape from Lt. Kurian and with the help of Officer Zunxu Tian, police grabbed the migrants’ clothes as they tried to restrain him.
Video footage shows the two officers and Brito falling to the ground and during the struggle, other suspects intervened by pulling, grabbing and kicking the officers
As Brito tries to wriggle away, the officers hold his shirt which he eventually takes off
On Thursday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged seven migrants in connection with the attack, detailing the actions of each attacker to explain why he filed charges against them.
Bragg said his office has secured grand jury indictments for a total of seven suspects, including two people who have not yet been arrested.
Only one of the seven charged suspects is currently in custody: Brito, who police believe was at the center of the attack.
Four of the migrants charged Thursday are believed to have fled NYC after being arrested and released without bail: Darwin Gomez, Kelvin Servita, Wilson Juarez and Yorman Reveron.
ICE initially said it had apprehended the four suspects in Phoenix, but the Manhattan district attorney’s office has denied that they are the suspects believed to have fled.
Two of the accused men have not been named or arrested. Police released their photos on Wednesday before filing charges with the others the next day.
“The four individuals they took into custody were not involved in the New York City investigation,” a spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.
“To date, we have not received any indication from federal authorities that they have arrested anyone in connection with our case.”
Police sources previously said four of the migrants charged in the Times Square attack may have fled the city after using fake names to obtain tickets from a charity that helps migrants
Darwin Andres Gomez (left) and Kelvin Servita Arocha were released without bail and allegedly tried to flee
Wilson Juarez (left) and Yorman Reveron also fled: they are accused of plotting against two Times Square officers
One of the accused migrants wears a red shirt and white hat during the January 27 attack. Police say he kicked the officers at least three times before throwing a punch
The new, second charged suspect wanted for assault was allegedly seen kicking officers while wearing a black puffer jacket and red baseball hat.
Brito, Gomes, Reveron and Arocha are all charged with two counts of second-degree assault and one count of second-degree obstruction of governmental administration.
Juarez and Brito are charged with tampering with physical evidence.
Police say neither Juarez nor Arocha ever hit the officers, but Arocha kicked a police radio as Juarez watched from a distance before giving his jacket to Brito.
Gomez is accused of grabbing one officer and kicking the other, while Reveron allegedly grabbed the two officers, pulled them and threw them to the ground.
Wilson Juarez is now said to have watched the brawl from a distance without participating in it. He has since been charged with tampering with physical evidence for allegedly trading his jacket with a man who fled police after the confrontation, prosecutors said:
One suspect arrested and released without bail last week was not charged Thursday: Jhoan Boada, 22, who was pictured leaving the courthouse with his middle finger up at reporters.
Police said there were at least five additional suspects they wanted to question.
Jhoan Boada, 22, was arrested in connection with the attack and was pictured leaving the courthouse with his middle fingers up at reporters and grinning
The man believed to be at the center of the attack, Yohenry Brito, 24, is the only one of the suspects being held on bail. He stays on Rikers Island
New York City in particular has struggled under the weight of tens of thousands of migrants arriving at its borders in need of places to stay and other accommodations.
In 2023 alone, the city had to deal with the arrival of more than 100,000 migrants.
Mayor Eric Adams has said the cost of New York City’s migrant crisis is as much as $4.6 billion as he begs the state for more money.
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul last month pledged to spend $2.4 billion on the crisis, more than double last year’s proposal.
But Adams claims that’s still not enough to cover the costs of caring for tens of thousands of people who continue to flood into the Big Apple’s “sanctuary city.”