Re: Chaotic video shows NYC Parks employee cuff girl, 14, selling fruit with family as bystanders try to pull her away

On Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:44:49 -0400, micky <[email protected]> wrote:

>In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 4 Jun 2024 08:03:59 -0000 (UTC), useapen
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Shocking video has emerged of an NYC Parks employee holding a teenage girl 
>>in handcuffs after she allegedly was selling fruit from an unlicensed cart 
>>in Lower Manhattan with her family.
>>
>>The video, taken Sunday afternoon in Battery Park and shared on X, shows a 
>>man wearing an NYC Parks uniform grabbing the 14-year-old girl, who has 
>>one of her hands handcuffed as angry bystanders shout in protest and try 
>>to pull her away.
>>
>>Bystanders can be heard shouting “Let her go!” and “Get a female [worker]” 
>>at the parks employee, some even grabbing at him to try to pull away the 
>>young girl, who had been selling fruit from a cart with her family.
>>
>>Chaotic video footage shows an NYPD officer grabbing the girl’s arm and 
>>attempting to pull her back before two bystanders intervene, dragging her 
>>away from the officer and parks employee.
>>
>>As onlookers try to break the girl free, she and the parks employee tumble 
>>to the ground while bystanders continue to plead for her to be let go.
>>
>>Marc Rebillet, who took the video, told Storyful that parks employees 
>>attempted to detain the girl and her family for selling fruit from a cart.
>>
>>“NYPD first tried to detain the girl, then released her — then Parks got 
>>ahold of her and tried to cuff her. That’s when people started crowding 
>>around and trying to get the Parks officer off of her,” Rebillet said.
>>
>>“He was thrown to the ground, brought the girl down with him, and in the 
>>ensuing struggle she managed to break free and escape. They cuffed the 
>>mother and put her in a police car.”
>>
>>In a follow-up post, Rebillet noted he saw parks officers trying to put 
>>the unlicensed fruit cart in the dumpster.
>>
>>“Okay, fine, talk to the parents. DONT CUFF THE KID. Embarrassing and 
>>dangerous behavior. Shame on Parks, shame on NYPD,” he wrote.
>>
>>The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation told The Post in a 
>>statement, “Our Parks Enforcement Patrol’s (PEP) first course of action is 
>>to educate in order to bring violators into compliance.”
>>
>>“When individuals have repeatedly flouted the law, we take additional 
>>enforcement actions, and there are instances when it is necessary to place 
>>violators and individuals obstructing the law under arrest.”
>>
>>The department is investigating the incident, according to Storyful.
>>
>>The NYPD told The Post it was assisting the parks department employees who 
>>were getting assaulted by bystanders. 
>>
>>The 32-year-old mother was given a desk appearance ticket, while parks 
>>officials wrote up a juvenile report detailing the incident with the 14-
>>year-old.
>>
>>Mayor Eric Adams said the city would investigate the incident, adding “no 
>>one wants to see a [child] handled in a way that can seem offensive and 
>>abusive.”
>>
>>But he noted that the “parent there is a habitual abuser” in terms of 
>>illegal vending.
>>
>>“The larger problem here that no one wants to talk about, it is not 
>>dignified to have people unable to provide for themselves.”
>>
>>https://nypost.com/2024/06/03/us-news/chaotic-video-shows-nyc-parks-
>>employee-cuff-young-girl-selling-fruit-with-her-family/
>
>As your quote says,  "“When individuals have repeatedly flouted the law,
>we take additional enforcement actions, and there are instances when it
>is necessary to place violators and individuals obstructing the law
>under arrest.” ".  I lived in NY for 12 years.  Central Park is a very
>peaceful place. People come there for the peace and quiet that the
>built-up part of the city doesn't quite have.  There are no vendors,
>people can bring food in with them if they want to.  If they allowed one
>vendor to set up, 100's would follow. I'm sure they warned her multiple
>times. 

It sounds like you ASSUME they warned her multiple times.

Personally, I have no idea.