Vandals torch 8 NYPD vehicles near Brooklyn police precinct
Vandals torched eight NYPD police cars in a Brooklyn parking lot down the street from a police stationhouse early Thursday, police said.
The brazen act of vandalism happened just hours after protesters held a 'Speak Out' at the 83rd Precinct stationhouse on Knickerbocker Ave. and Bleecker St. in Bushwick, decrying the cops for their treatment of Puerto Rican Day Parade celebrants at after-parties in the neighborhood on Sunday night and Monday morning.
The NYPD was aware of the Wednesday night demonstration, but it wasn't immediately clear if the two incidents were linked.
The marked and unmarked NYPD vehicles were set ablaze inside the lot around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, cops said. The FDNY managed to put out the blaze within a few minutes.
No injuries were reported, but the vehicles suffered extensive damage, officials said.
Two men dressed in black were seen fleeing the scene.
Investigators believe someone poured gasoline on the marked police cars before setting them on fire. A torch lighter was found on the scene.
The cars may have also been vandalized before they were set on fire, a police source said.
Cops were scouring the area for surveillance video that captures the vandals walking to the lot, which is just down the block from the stationhouse.
Precinct officers are being accused on social media of having been heavy-handed as they broke up Puerto Rican Parade after-parties in Bushwick on Sunday.
'On Sunday evening, NYPD pigs from the 83rd Precinct launched a fascist offensive against the community of Bushwick, NYC, attacking Puerto Ricans and non-Puerto Ricans during peaceful celebrations during the Manhattan and Brooklyn Puerto Rican Day Parades,' one post noted. 'The first attack happened around the Bush Dyke Bar around 8 p.m. Victims of this unnecessary raid reported being slammed to the ground resulting in hospitalizations.'
In a second incident, cops shut down an after-party at Mood Ring on Myrtle Ave. The incident resulted in one arrest and one hospitalization, BKMag reported.
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