Homeless men face charges for fighting NYPD officer
12/27/2018 4:26 am PST
via WPIX:
NEW YORK CITY -- (WPIX) -- Authorities said Wednesday that three homeless men who battled a New York City police officer on a subway platform will face criminal charges after video of the encounter garnered millions of views online.
Two of the men, including 27-year-old Juan Nunez, will be charged with riot and obstructing governmental administration, police said, while a third man, 36-year-old Eliseo Alvarez, faces those counts in addition to attempted assault. Nunez and Alvarez had been taken into custody Wednesday evening. The third remained at large.
Two other men in the video appeared to be trying to break up the scuffle. They haven't been charged.
The charges stem from an incident in which a group of homeless men refused a police officer's orders to "stand back."
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