An elderly man was sent to the hospital after being bruised and bloodied by NYPD officers Sunday when he jaywalked at an Upper West Side intersection.
Kang Wong, 84, was crossing 96th Street on Broadway around 5 p.m. when an officer ordered him to stop because he didn't have a walk signal. Witnesses say Wong, who lives a block away, appeared to not understand the officer's order.
"The guy didn't seem to speak English. The cop walked him over to the Citibank, [near the northeast corner of 96th and Broadway]" witness Ian King told the New York Post.
"[The officer] stood him up against the wall and was trying to write him a ticket. The man didn't seem to understand, and he started walking away.
"The cop tried to pull him back, and that's when he began to struggle with the cop," said King, a law student at Fordham University. "As soon as he pushed the cop, it was like cops started running in from everywhere."
After the cops worked him over, Wong was left visibly bleeding from the face. He was arrested and taken to St. Luke's Hospital, and eventually ended up at the 24th Precinct station house.
On Monday, Wong was charged with jaywalking, resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration and disorderly conduct. He went home accompanied by several family members.
One of Wong's sons, who withheld his name, told the NY Post the family "will probably press charges" against the police, adding, "He was just walking across the street with other people, and they picked him out. How could they do that to an 84-year-old man."
Source: nypost.com
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