NYC Council member Chi Ossé arrested while blocking lawful eviction in Brooklyn
New York City Council Member Chi Ossé was thrown to the ground and arrested by NYPD officers in Brooklyn on Wednesday after he physically blocked law enforcement from carrying out a court-ordered eviction, according to police and video footage of the incident.The 28-year-old democratic socialist, a close ally of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, now faces charges of obstruction of governmental administration and disorderly conduct.
The arrest, captured on video that spread quickly across social media, drew immediate support from Mamdani and other city Democrats.
But the NYPD's account of the confrontation tells a different story than the one Ossé and his allies are selling, one in which a sitting elected official pushed past officers, defied repeated warnings, and physically resisted arrest while marshals tried to execute a signed judicial order. [AmericanAlmanac.com]
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