Rikers Island Correction Officer Attacked By Inmate, Has Front Teeth Knocked Out
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He was previously sentenced for robbery and drug dealing
He attacked another correction officer with hot water in 2018
A Rikers Island correction officer was attacked by an inmate and had his front teeth knocked out Saturday when he was trying to bring back two inmates who had left the housing area.
Devon English, a 30-year-old Bloods gang member, assaulted the correction officer by punching him in the face, according to a statement from the Correction Officers Benevolent Association (COBA).
English was awaiting sentencing in a similar assault toward another correction officer at Manhattan Detention Complex committed in 2018. He had pleaded guilty to attacking him with hot water, reported NY Daily News.
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A dispute last week between City Councilman Daniel Dromm and the head of the cityâs largest correction-officer union about solitary confinement has led to a call for punitive sanctionsâin the form of the Queens lawmaker s resignation. Â
The exchange between Mr. Dromm and Correction Officersâ Benevolent Association President Benny Boscio started typically enough, if a tad testily, during the Councilâs Dec. 11 Criminal Justice Committee hearing on legislation sponsored by the Councilman that would curtail the use of inmate isolation in city jails.Â
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The two began by sparring over the meanings of the phrases âsolitary confinement,â and âpunitive segregation.â The usual question-and-answer format of a Council committee hearing then devolved into insults and counter-charges, with the Councilman calling Mr. Boscio a âthugâ and the COBA head telling Mr. Dromm that he knew little about jails.Â
December 15, 2020 7:03 PM
Since George Floyd’s death in May, Black Lives Matter activists have demanded that their elected officials
“Defund the Police.” But many Democratic-controlled cities that followed through with these far-left demands are today witnessing an uptick in violent crimes.
Portland
“increase police accountability and reinvest in black and brown communities.”
Wheeler proposed that over $7 million should be
redirected from the Portland Police Bureau to communities of color. His
“Police Reform Action Plan” sought to dissolve the city’s Gun Violence Reduction Team in order to
“fundamentally re-shape” law enforcement’s approach to shooting prevention.
The city reported that although year-to-date shootings
December 15, 2020 7:03 PM
Since George Floyd’s death in May, Black Lives Matter activists have demanded that their elected officials
“Defund the Police.” But many Democratic-controlled cities that followed through with these far-left demands are today witnessing an uptick in violent crimes.
Portland
“increase police accountability and reinvest in black and brown communities.”
Wheeler proposed that over $7 million should be
redirected from the Portland Police Bureau to communities of color. His
“Police Reform Action Plan” sought to dissolve the city’s Gun Violence Reduction Team in order to
“fundamentally re-shape” law enforcement’s approach to shooting prevention.
The city reported that although year-to-date shootings
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