PRO-POLICE RALLY in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn by Yuki Iwamura
Editor : Joshua Zamudio / Editor : Jenae Lien / Written & Photographed by
Yuki Iwamura / Contributing Producer : Kemal Cilengir
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PRO-POLICE RALLY in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn by Yuki Iwamura

It was clear that NYPD officers were in support of Pro-Police demonstrators during the clash between them and Black Lives Matter protesters that Sunday. While NYPD arrested 6 BLM protesters (one of them was even tased,) they made no arrests of pro-police protesters both on Friday and Sunday.
As a photojournalist, I felt extreme danger covering pro-police rallies, especially because you expect no support from NYPD. Pro-police protesters have the green light from police officers to attack people with impunity.

Here are details of the assaulting incident that happened to my colleague when I was next to her.

During the assault that my colleague and I experienced, her camera and phone were completely destroyed, and NYPD officers let the suspects walk away. At the scene, the officer told us he couldn't arrest the suspect because they didn't see him assaulting us. Thankfully, a neighbor was filming the incident from her bedroom and I later discovered that the first bike officer who arrived at the scene was watching the suspect throw my friend's camera at me. This incident is still under investigation.
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