The NYPD officer who was recorded pushing a woman to the ground during a protest will reportedly face assault charges
- An NYPD officer will fave misdemeanor assault charges for shoving a woman to the ground in a moment that was caught on video and shared widely on social media, NBC New York reported.
- The officer's supervisor will also face disciplinary action, according to the report.
- The woman who was pushed to the ground, Dounya Zayer, previously said she was not aggressive with the officer and moved out of his way when he asked her to.
A New York City police officer will face charges of misdemeanor assault after a video showed him pushing a woman to the ground during a May 29 protest in Brooklyn, law enforcement officials told NBC New York.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries identified the officer as Vincent D'Andraia from the 73rd precinct in Brooklyn. The officer had already been suspended by the NYPD.
The officer's supervisor will also face discipline and is being transferred from his precinct, NBC New York reported.
According to the report, Dounya Zayer was attending a protest on May 29 outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn when an NYPD officer was recorded shoving her to the ground.
Videos of the altercation trended online. Zayer said she had not been aggressive with the officer prior to being pushed, according to the report.
Get out of the street," the officer can be heard saying on the video.
"Why?" Zayer replies before the officer appeared to simultaneously shove her to the ground. Other angles showed her falling backward into the street. The officer appeared to continue to march ahead as Zayer laid on the ground.
"I am in pain. My head hurts. I haven't slept in three days. And I cannot stop throwing up," Zayer, who said she was hospitalized and suffered a seizure and a concussion as a result of the altercation, told NBC New York. "But I am trying everything in my power to hold myself together for the people who are depending on me to speak on the situation."
Another officer was suspended from the NYPD after was recorded pulling down a man's protective face mask and pepper-spraying him, NBC New York reported.
As Insider previously reported, the conduct of some NYPD police officers has come into question amid ongoing protests over the police killing of 46-year-old George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His death sparked nationwide protests over police brutality, including days-long protests in New York.
On May 30, several videos showed NYPD cruisers ramming into protesters behind a barricade and sending bodies flying into the air during a protest. Voices captured on a New York City police scanner could be heard saying protesters should be shot and run over.
Other videos posted to social media have also raised questions about the police force's conduct amid the ongoing civil unrest.
"Over the past week, as I've said on multiple occasions, we have seen several troubling incidents involving behavior from members of the department that the NYPD is actively investigating," NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said in a statement, according to NBC New York. "These incidents mentioned below are disturbing and run counter to the principles of NYPD training, as well as our mission of public safety."
The New York Police Department did not immediately return Insider's request for comment.
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