A suspect with a history of assaulting police attacked two New York Police Department (NYPD) officers with a bottle early on Sunday morning (video below).
The incident occurred in the wee hours of July 18 after a suspect wearing a tie-dyed t-shirt approached two officers from the 67th Precinct, WPIX reported.
The officers were working a fixed post established in the neighborhood to help address community concerns about crime.
Bodycam video from one of the officers showed the suspect approached the officers with his right hand in his pocket.
The video showed that initially, the suspect appeared to be friendly.
The suspect appeared to be asking the officers a question in the bodycam, which did not have audio of the interaction.
All of a sudden the man in the video took a step back from the officers, and appeared to take a fighting stance.
Early yesterday morning, cops from the @NYPD67Pct were on a fixed post to address community concerns when they were suddenly assaulted with a glass bottle in an unprovoked attack.
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) July 19, 2021
The suspect, who has been arrested for assaulting officers twice in the past, was quickly caught. pic.twitter.com/WZzHAKTFKg