The man was successfully filmed being released by New York officers who arrested him on the Upper East Side on Wednesday afternoon, but was arrested again shortly afterwards. He was arrested along with another man who was in the passenger seat of the red Toyota Corolla, as well as a woman who was in the back seat. None of the other passengers resisted arrest and police have not yet identified him or released more details.
Police were seen screaming at the suspects to “show your hands” as they opened the driver’s door and told the driver, who was wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, “come on, get out of the car”. The driver was taken to the back of the car, where a police officer tried to handcuff him before the driver turned from the police officer’s hold. He appears to be throwing a punch at the officer, tapping him on the shoulder before taking off on the road. The driver of a red Toyota (pictured) was seen handcuffed in the back of the car, while police pulled two more from the passenger side of the E 59th Street and Park and Lexington Avenues. The driver, wearing white, managed to escape and threw a punch at a police officer, taking off E 59th Street He was later arrested outside the Bloomingdales flagship store at 59th and Third Avenue According to information, the police located a weapon in the car and approached the vehicle with their service weapons pulled out. A young man, dressed in black, was seen being pulled from the front and a woman, dressed in a striped crop top and black leggings, was pulled out of the rear passenger door. The young man appears to have a confused and frightened look on his face as a police officer pulls him to stand on the sidewalk as the woman is handcuffed. The driver was later arrested outside the Bloomingdales flagship store on East 59th Street and Third Avenue. He was seen handcuffed in the prone position before being picked up by police and placed in the store building, where he appeared to be talking to police. The unidentified man was taken to the street by five police officers in a nearby police car. Officers checked his pockets before placing him in the back of the cruiser. The other two were also seen being escorted to police cars. Although it is not clear whether he was in possession of the firearm or whether the firearm was legally registered, New York “generally prohibits the possession of a firearm, shotgun or shotgun or assault rifle outside the home or business premises.” according to the New York government. However, New York has additional gun laws that do not honor state gun licenses. All firearms within the city must be registered and approved by the New York government “and a person must have an appropriate license or permit from New York City to carry a firearm within the city.” It is also illegal to possess a weapon by an offender, although it remains unclear whether the Toyota driver has previous convictions.
The arrests come as New York is in the midst of a rising crime rate, with total crime rising by 42%. The Big Apple is facing a growing problem with ghost guns and other weapons, with gun casualties rising by 8.4%. Attacks and robberies also increased by 21 and 46 percent, respectively. Traffic crime is also on the rise at more than 60 percent, and Mayor Eric Adams, 61, has called on locals to steal police officers using their phones on subway platforms while on duty, sending him photos. Adams made the call at a news conference on Tuesday when asked by a reporter about reports of several uniformed police officers being spotted browsing the phones while on duty guarding the city’s crime-laden transport network. The former NYPD captain warned: “We will start taking very aggressive action to make sure that the police patrol our subway system and not their iPhone.” Total crime rises by 42 percent in the city as criminals run rampant through the Big Apple “If you see it, send me a photo. I will go to that area the next day and see what exactly is going on. “Send me a shot. New Yorkers, you see, send me a picture and I’ll be at this station. ” Adams’s spokesman told anyone with photos to send them to his press office, whose email address is [email protected] Adams said New Yorkers can look forward to a “visible difference in policing over the next two weeks.”