Almost Every NYPD Cop Charged with Excessive Force During the George Floyd Protests Escaped Serious Punishment

Jillian Snider, a former NYPD officer and adjunct lecturer at CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said the incident didn’t strike her as among the more egregious uses of force during the protests. She said it was important to keep in mind the context of the 2020 protests when assessing any officer’s conduct.

“The public was angry, and rightfully so, but the officers out there had to deal with the fact that everyone there hated them, and they still were there to protect them,” Snider told THE CITY. “On top of it, when you are taking orders from supervisors to arrest this guy for standing in the street, arrest this woman for standing in the street, that’s your job. You have to do it.”