another man are due to appear here in court sometime today for their arraignment perhaps as early as this morning. that off duty under cover detective was a 10 year veteran of the nypd. he was on the ride with other motorcyclists two sundays ago. originally he told investigators he played no active role in the assault that took place on an suv driver in the washington heights section of manhattan. police say he actually did play a rol. he punched the suv. also arrested yesterday was a man from brooklyn. he is due to appear in court today. this investigation far from over. police are still looking for these four men. they want to speak to these men in connection with that assault. that is the latest live from lower manhattan this morning. back to you. robert moses joining us live. thank you. staff members have been called back now.
what s that all about? well, the bottom line, that event last sunday here in new york city was called a hollywood block party. so guys from all over othe tri-state come to ride their bikes there. bike enthusiasts. so, in that group, you definitely had a bunch of law enforcement officers. one nypd officer under cover detective put on modified duty as internal affairs investigates what he knew about the attack on the driver of the suv. today, the detectives union came out saying that that detective did not know anything about the beating. that he rolled up much later after the beating had already happened so he was not involved and did not see it he they also add he did not want to blow his cover because he rolled up on the scene because they say a lot of times undercover officers will get reprimanded by the nypd if they blow their cover that s from the union. bill: please continue following the story and we appreciate you coming on tonight. on deck, happy birthday to
what s that all about? well, the bottom line, that event last sunday here in new york city was called a hollywood block party. so guys from all over othe tri-state come to ride their bikes there. bike enthusiasts. so, in that group, you definitely had a bunch of law enforcement officers. one nypd officer under cover detective put on modified duty as internal affairs investigates what he knew about the attack on the driver of the suv. today, the detectives union came out saying that that detective did not know anything about the beating. that he rolled up much later after the beating had already happened so he was not involved and did not see it he they also add he did not want to blow his cover because he rolled up on the scene because they say a lot of times undercover officers will get reprimanded by the nypd if they blow their cover that s from the union. bill: please continue following the story and we appreciate you coming on tonight. on deck, happy birthday to
robert moses is live for us in new york city with the latest details. robert? heather, good morning to you. mayor bloomberg has made getting illegal guns off the street in top priority of the administration. the huge bust is a major coup for him at the end of his term. the operations were on display at police headquarters yesterday. police credit a single under cover detective with making these gun buys and getting these weapons off the street. the weapons came from north and south carolina many of them aboard chinatown buses. police raised 19 people as part of this investigation. the mayor used this bust to show that the stop and frisk program here that undergone so much controversy works. wire tap conversations from this investigation show one of the gun gratraffics biggest