NBC New York: Video Shows Suspect Allegedly Attack NYPD Officer — And He Is Later Freed Without Bail

reporter 1 News 4 ░░░░░░░░ right now Surveillance video ░░░░░░░░ the moment an NYPD ░░░░░░░░ was randomly attacked in ░░░░░░░░ Bronx reporter 2 reporter ░░░░░░░░ Beckford learned the subsequent ░░░░░░░░ for assaulting a cop ░░░░░░░░ t the suspect s ░░░░░░░░ Clip starts BECKFORD Police ░░░░░░░░ that attack came out ░░░░░░░░ nowhere but they say ░░░░░░░░ s not the first ░░░░░░░░ the suspect is accused ░░░░░░░░ assaulting an officer The ░░░░░░░░ attack captured from two ░░░░░░░░ surveillance and police body ░░░░░░░░ videos investigators say shows ░░░░░░░░ suspect identified as 39 ░░░░░░░░ old Isus Thompson walk ░░░░░░░░ to a police officer ░░░░░░░░ on East 194th Street ░░░░░░░░ strike him from behind ░░░░░░░░ weapon a backpack but ░░░░░░░░ just any backpack The ░░░░░░░░ complaint states it contained ░░░░░░░░ safe constructed of metal ░░░░░░░░ the glaring evidence and ░░░░░░░░ violent assault that sent ░░░░░░░░ 30 year old officer ░░░░░░░░ the hospital one day ░░░░░░░░ Thompson is back on ░░░░░░░░ street freed without bail ░░░░░░░░ That s not acceptable ░░░░░░░░ Reverend Loren Russell a ░░░░░░░░ activist working to bridge ░░░░░░░░ gap between police and ░░░░░░░░ community says Thompson should ░░░░░░░░ behind bars Russell You ░░░░░░░░ t let everybody go ░░░░░░░░ if they commit a ░░░░░░░░ that s violent in ░░░░░░░░ BECKFORD But that s ░░░░░░░░ all Court records show ░░░░░░░░ was convicted of stabbing ░░░░░░░░ NYPD officer in 2008 ░░░░░░░░ two years of his ░░░░░░░░ year sentence before he ░░░░░░░░ paroled And obviously frustrated ░░░░░░░░ Shea tweeting Monday Late ░░░░░░░░ night this violent criminal ░░░░░░░░ released without bail Do ░░░░░░░░ have to wait for ░░░░░░░░ to kill someone before ░░░░░░░░ is taken seriously And ░░░░░░░░ says it s not ░░░░░░░░ cops who suffer when ░░░░░░░░ violent offenders are put ░░░░░░░░ on the streets Russell ░░░░░░░░ violence in our community ░░░░░░░░ way up If I ░░░░░░░░ the one who s ░░░░░░░░ victim of this and ░░░░░░░░ realize it s the ░░░░░░░░ who victimized me was ░░░░░░░░ but was released then ░░░░░░░░ makes me very angry ░░░░░░░░ Sources say despite admitting ░░░░░░░░ striking the officer and ░░░░░░░░ facing several assault charges ░░░░░░░░ was allowed to leave ░░░░░░░░ under supervised release The ░░░░░░░░ suffered injuries to his ░░░░░░░░ and back but is ░░░░░░░░ to be okay The ░░░░░░░░ DA s office has ░░░░░░░░ replied to our questions ░░░░░░░░ why bail wasn t ░░░░░░░░ In the Fordham Manor ░░░░░░░░ Checkey Beckford News 4 ░░░░░░░░ York.”