ROMNEY SMITH, "TODAY IN NEW
YORK."
BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU.
>>> AND THERE IS A SURGE GOING
ON FOR SEVEN MORE PEOPLE
BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE
BEATING OF TWO NYPD OFFICERS IN TIMES SQUARE.
FIVE ARE ALREADY FACING CHARGES. THIS WAS ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
INVESTIGATORS SAY IT BEGAN AS
OFFICERS TRIED TO BREAK UP A
GROUP OF MIGRANTS.
THIS HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT IN
FRONT OF A MIGRANT SHELTER ON
42nd STREET JUST STEPS AWAY FROM
THE NEW AMSTERDAM THEATER.
OFFICERS TRIED TO CUFF THE MAN
WEARING A BRIGHT YELLOW JACKET.
>> INFURIATES ME.
I SAW TWO OF MY COPS DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST EIGHT, NINE,
TEN PEOPLE.
>> FIVE MEN WERE ARRESTED AND
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND RELEASED.