NEW YORK CITY, NY – Video has surfaced showing showing NYPD officers in uniform being pelted with water and empty buckets over the weekend. There were two incidents that have been videoed and highlighted.

Officers were soaked with water while responding to an incident in Brooklyn, while leaving a man is videoed running and dumping a bucket over the officers heads. (Credit: NYScanner/Twitter)

DISRESPECT: This is what #NYPD Officers are faced with today. Petrified to take action. #BlueLivesMatter @NYCMayor @BilldeBlasio @NYPDnews @NYPD73Pct pic.twitter.com/VRpVKBS5Jb

— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) 22 Iúil 2019

A similar scene was caught on camera during the weekend’s record-high temperatures. Officers were arresting someone at a car in Harlem when they too were pelted with water and even struck on the head with an empty bucket. (video below)

Reactions to the videos

NYPD Chief Terence Monahan: “The videos of cops being doused with water and having objects hurled at them as they made an arrest in Harlem is reprehensible. NYC’s cops & communities have made remarkable progress — together — but EVERY New Yorker MUST show respect for our cops”

NYC PBA – “We are approaching the point of no return. Disorder controls the streets, and our elected leaders refuse to allow us to take them back. As police officers, we need to draw a line. In situations like this, we need to take action to protect ourselves and the public.”