'What did I do?':
Cops surround Black Lives Matter activist on su ion of using megaphone
A Black activist at the forefront of New York’s Black Lives Matter protests was met with police helicopters, police dogs, and banging at the front door of his Manhattan apartment Friday
Protesters had shown up to advocate for Derrick Ingram amid the dozens of responding officers, some in tactical gear, employed to arrest the 28-year-old man.
Police spokeswoman Jessica McRorie told The New York Times the offense Ingram was guilty of was yelling in an officer's ear
with a megaphone,
which police deemed assault.
Ingram turned himself in Saturday on a charge of second-degree assault stemming from a protest on June 14.
The prosecutor, however, agreed to have the charge reduced to misdemeanor assault,
“Our office does not condone the extraordinary tactics employed by police on Friday,”
“These actions were disproportionate to the alleged offense that occurred two months ago, and unjustifiably escalated conflict between law enforcement and
the communities we serve.”
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