it s the front porch. [crowd chanting] [crowd chanting] [overlapping shouting] [dramatic musical sting] - if you wanted to see an early version of january 6, 2021, go look at the footage of the police riot of 1992 city hall in new york city. [cheers and applause] - thousands of off-duty cops who normally patrol the streets now taking them over outside city hall. - i m just tired of watching crime run rampant, and we re not doing anything about it because our hands are tied. every time we do something, it seems like we re getting indicted. - they had come for a big demonstration around city hall. you know they came prepared for the battle. you could see the anger in their faces, and you know that they meant business. [crowd chanting]
- it was a show of force on the steps of new york city hall. 10,000 off-duty cops banded together in protest, fed up and angry with the city they claim doesn t back them up. the mayor s plan for an all-civilian board to review police misconduct is the last straw that sent the force to the streets. - mayor dinkins proposed a change in the civilian complaint review board that at that time had half citizens, civilians, and half police officers on it. - let s assume this is the worst legislation known to man. it s clear to me that the police officers who were demonstrating misbehaved. that s real clear. [overlapping shouting] - keepers of the law became the lawless. - so you look back, and you see an inevitable parallel between those two events. - it s very angry. there had been some drinking by some of the officers beforehand, there was some racist signs being held.
- [ella] what i do, - [officer] see that they disperse. - [ella] is supposed to speak louder than what i say. (marching footfalls) (siren sound) (screaming) (whistle blowing) (screaming) (horns honking) (hooves beating on pavement) (drum sounds) (siren) (drum sounds) (screaming) (overlapping shouting) (shouting continues)
fed up and angry with the city they claim doesn t back them up. the mayor s plan for an all-civilian board to review police misconduct is the last straw that sent the force to the streets. - mayor dinkins proposed a change in the civilian complaint review board that at that time had half citizens, civilians, and half police officers on it. - let s assume this is the worst legislation known to man. it s clear to me that the police officers who were demonstrating misbehaved. that s real clear. [overlapping shouting] - keepers of the law became the lawless. - so you look back, and you see an inevitable parallel between those two events. - it s very angry. there had been some drinking by some of the officers beforehand, there was some racist signs being held. - the demonstration turned ugly. racial slurs were uttered. - but some of them out there yesterday
[crowd chanting] [overlapping shouting] [dramatic musical sting] - if you wanted to see an early version of january 6, 2021, go look at the footage of the police riot of 1992 city hall in new york city. [cheers and applause] - thousands of off-duty cops who normally patrol the streets now taking them over outside city hall. - i m just tired of watching crime run rampant, and we re not doing anything about it because our hands are tied. every time we do something, it seems like we re getting indicted. - they had come for a big demonstration around city hall. you know they came prepared for the battle. you could see the anger in their faces, and you know that they meant business. [crowd chanting] - it was a show of force on the steps of new york city hall. 10,000 off-duty cops banded together in protest,