Migrant mob kicks, punches NYPD cops in vicious attack — then 4 get released without bail

A surveillance camera outside a migrant shelter captured a mob of migrants kicking and punching two New York Police Department officers in a vicious attack over the weekend, the New York Post reported.

The incident took place in front of a shelter in Times Square on Saturday evening. The video showed the cops instructing the migrants to move along before a physical altercation broke out between the officers and one of the suspects.

After the cops wrestled the unruly individual to the ground, the rest of the migrants took turns punching and kicking the officers while they were still grappling with the suspect. The mob managed to break their friend free from the officers, and they all took off on foot, fleeing from the scene.

NYPD officers later arrested five people accused of being involved in the assault.

The Post reported that four of the migrants — Darwin Andres Gomez Izquiel, 19, Kelvin Servat Arocha, 19, Juarez Wilson, 21, and Yorman Reveron, 24 — were charged with assault and released without bail, according to law enforcement sources. A fifth asylum seeker, 22-year-old Jhoan Boada, was apprehended Monday evening and charged with attempted assault of a police officer, according to the Post’s sources.

One of the officers involved in the altercation suffered a cut to his face, and the other officer sustained injuries to the side of his body, WNBC reported.

Reveron already has two open cases for assault and robbery, according to the Post. He was accused of pushing, punching, and biting a Nordstrom Rack employee after the worker allegedly witnessed him stealing, sources told the Post. In another alleged robbery attempt, Reveron was accused of punching a Herald Square Macy’s loss prevention officer.

Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry stated, “Attacks on police officers are becoming an epidemic, and the reason is a revolving door we’re seeing in cases like this one. It is impossible for police officers to deal effectively with crime and disorder if the justice system can’t or won’t protect us while we do that work.”

The Post reported that the over 172,000 migrants who crossed into the United States from the southern border are now residing in New York City. The city’s shelter system is currently housing over 67,000 migrants.

Earlier this month, New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams imposed curfews from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. on some migrant shelters following complaints from local residents, Blaze News previously reported.

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