Stunning attack on a police officer: masked criminals douse NYPD officer with fire extinguisher

In a sad scene captured on Instagram, three masked criminals assault a New York City police officer by spraying him in the face with a fire extinguisher from their car. The 43-year-old officer is immediately rushed to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital. The author of the video, which has nearly a million views, claims not to know the attackers. A 19-year-old suspect, Escarlin Polanco Gonzalez, has been identified, while the other two are still being sought. The attack comes against a backdrop of increasing violence against law enforcement in New York, with more than 5,000 police officers assaulted in just nine months in 2023, a 20% increase on 2022.