NYPD Lieutenant Released From Hospital After Assault At Unity March
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- An NYPD lieutenant hurt at a protest this week was just released from the hospital, and he had a huge showing of support waiting for him outside.
Video shows fellow officers clapping for Lt. Richard Mack as he was wheeled out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center on the Upper East Side on Saturday afternoon.
He's going home to recover after suffering a broken facial bone.
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The lieutenant was one of four officers hurt Wednesday when police and counter-protesters clashed at a Unity March on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Three officers violently attacked by protesters crossing the Brooklyn Bridge. The officers sustained serious injuries.
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) July 15, 2020
This is not peaceful protest, this will not be tolerated. pic.twitter.com/cYuDX8G7ku
He was hit in the head with a cane.
Two men and a woman have been charged in connection to the assault.