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10-09-2023, 05:02 PM
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Officer punched man repeatedly while responding to call about child in crisis: police (https://abc7ny.com/officer-charged-nypd-harlem-christian-zapata/13862784/#:~:text=child%20in%20crisis.-,District%20Attorney%20Alvin%20Bragg%20announced%2 0that%20NYPD%20Sgt.,Harlem%20in%20December%20of%20 2022.)
A New York City police officer was indicted Wednesday after authorities say he punched a man more than a dozen times while responding to a call about a child in crisis.
District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that NYPD Sgt. Christian Zapata was indicted on a charge of assault. He pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault and was released on his own recognizance.
Zapata, 36, responded to a call of a teen with autism in crisis in Harlem in December of 2022.
Officials say Zapata and other responding officers were asked by 43-year-old Jerome Collins, the boyfriend of the child's mother, to put on facemasks but the officers refused to do so.
Officer punched man repeatedly while responding to call about child in crisis: police (https://abc7ny.com/officer-charged-nypd-harlem-christian-zapata/13862784/#:~:text=child%20in%20crisis.-,District%20Attorney%20Alvin%20Bragg%20announced%2 0that%20NYPD%20Sgt.,Harlem%20in%20December%20of%20 2022.)
A New York City police officer was indicted Wednesday after authorities say he punched a man more than a dozen times while responding to a call about a child in crisis.
District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that NYPD Sgt. Christian Zapata was indicted on a charge of assault. He pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault and was released on his own recognizance.
Zapata, 36, responded to a call of a teen with autism in crisis in Harlem in December of 2022.
Officials say Zapata and other responding officers were asked by 43-year-old Jerome Collins, the boyfriend of the child's mother, to put on facemasks but the officers refused to do so.