65 NYPD Cops Committed Misconduct In George Floyd Protests: CCRB

NEW YORK CITY — Ongoing investigations into NYPD officers' actions during the George Floyd protests confirmed misconduct complaints against 65 cops, despite "unprecedented challenges" identifying them, officials said.

Civilian Complaint Review Board members said Monday that 34 percent of complaints from the protests couldn't be investigated.

"The CCRB has seen unprecedented challenges in investigating these complaints particularly around the identification of officers due to the failure to follow proper protocols, officers covering their names and shield, officers wearing protective equipment that did not belong to them, the lack of proper use of body worn cameras, as well as incomplete and severely delayed paperwork," their report states.

The CCRB report lends strong support what many protesters and advocates said since the protests erupted in May 2020 — that NYPD officers deliberately took actions to shield their identities.

The protests against systemic racism and police brutality after a Minneapolis cop murdered Floyd prompted chaotic and violent scenes across New York City for weeks.

Demonstrators set fires to police vehicles and looted parts of Manhattan during the protests' first days. But those incidents gave way to peaceful protests that were met by, at best, heavy-handed NYPD responses.

Videos showed protesters being violently shoved, pepper-sprayed, hit with police vehicles and arrested without clear provocation.

Protesters filed 2,000 accusations against cops, of which civilian investigators winnowed to 313 complaints.

So far, CCRB investigators substantiated 42 complaints containing 91 accusations against 65 cops, officials said.

Of those, board members recommended charges — the highest level of discipline — against 37 officers.

See the latest report and list of officers here.