Vincent D’Andraia Wiki – Vincent D’Andraia Bio

The police officer, identified by elected officials as Vincent D’Andraia from District 73, was seen in a video of the May 29 incident using his hands to throw the woman, Dounya Zayer, several feet onto a sidewalk on a street in Brooklyn The policeman left, with a police supervisor directly behind him.

A New York City police officer surrendered to face criminal charges Tuesday, more than a week after he was videotaped shoving a woman to the ground and cursing her during a protest against police brutality, the commissioner of police and law enforcement officials.

Sources: Bklyn DA considering criminal charges as early as tomorrow against officer seen shoving woman to ground during protest. PBA calls expected criminal charges the result of “mob-rule” justice. News 4 at 4pm.

— jonathan dienst (@jonathan4ny) June 8, 2020

Vincent D’Andraia Shoving Woman

The New York police officer seen on video shoving a woman protester into the street apparently without provocation was criminally charged Tuesday for the alleged assault. Officer Vincent D’Andraia, assigned to the 73rd Precinct that covers Brownsville and Ocean Hill, faces charges of third-degree assault, fourth-degree criminal mischief, second-degree harassment and third-degree threat, announced Brooklyn District Attorney Eric González. Tuesday.

Multiple police officers from inside the NYPD told me that this officer who assaulted the young woman is Vincent J. D’Andraia is the 73rd Precinct.

They said he brutalizes Black people all over Brownsville.

And so does NYPD Commander Craig Eldelman, who is in the white shirt. pic.twitter.com/z2wJLq8Y3T

— Shaun King (@shaunking) May 30, 2020

The cell phone video showed him beating the victim, 20-year-old Dounya Zayer, and calling her a “bitch” after she asked him why he told her to get off the street.

Who is Dounya Zayer?

The woman, later identified as Dounya Zayer, can be seen in the video below, standing near the Barclays Center on May 29 and taking a video on her phone as other protesters and police approached.

 

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Okay since everyone is asking what exactly happened: so we were protesting at pacific street and then the police started hurdling towards us and pushing us forward at the same time they were pushing protesters to the sidewalk but the officer in the video didn’t seem to give a single fuck pushes this poor girl so freaking hard ending up hitting her head hard on the ground, she started saying that she might have a concussion and was feeling really dizzy and said that she has a history with seizures, after that we put her on the side and gave her some water and crackers and then everyone left but me and my friends we wanted to make sure she’s totally fine and able to stand up until out of nowhere she was looking at me and had a seizure, while I was holding her on the staircase I was yelling on the top my lungs MEDIC MEDIC they ended up coming after 5 min of calling and that was it. #blacklivesmatter #nypd #cnn #policebrutality #georgefloyd #nycprotest #nycprotests #nyc #brooklyn #justiceforgeorgefloyd #blacklivesmatter✊🏾 #ftp #solidarity #barclayscenter #protest #violence #america #thisisamerica #brooklynprotest #cuomo @cnn @nycmayor @nygovcuomo @nypd @nypdtips @dounyazayer

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Dounya Zayer Twitter

In video Zayer posted to Twitter, Officer D’Andraia tells Zayer to get out of the street. When she asks him why, he swats her cellphone away.

This is the officer. He threw my phone before throwing me. As you can see I was already backing up. All I asked was why. pic.twitter.com/8mct5GrztV

— Dounya Zayer (@zayer_dounya) May 30, 2020

Zayer hit her head in the fall and was taken to the hospital and then released. Zayer told the Daily News: “I was not aggressive towards the police officer. Even if it were me, I should have had the restraint not to harm the people that I am supposed to protect.” “First he threw away my phone and then he threw me,” added Zayer in a video he shared on Twitter. “And I hit my head and I had a seizure and a concussion.”

Dounya Zayer Statement

“I am in pain. My head hurts. I haven’t slept in three days. And I cannot stop throwing up,” Zayer said last week.

“But I am trying everything in my power to hold myself together for the people who are depending on me to speak on the situation.”

Zayer said she was treated for a seizure and a concussion at a hospital after the cop shoved her.

Police Investigation

New York Police Department Commissioner Dermot Shea announced Friday night that D’Andraia had been suspended without pay after an investigation and could face more discipline. A supervisor who was also present when Officer D’Andraia pushed the protester was reassigned.

In a statement, Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch excoriated de Blasio and top NYPD officers for allowing Officer D’Andraia to be charged. “Once again, Mayor de Blasio and the NYPD brass are sacrificing cops to save their own skin. They created the failed strategy for managing these demonstrations,” Lynch said. “They sent police officers out to do the job with no support and no clear plan. They should be the ones facing this mob-rule justice. We will say it again: New York City police officers have been abandoned by our leadership. We are utterly alone in our efforts to protect our city.”

A New York police spokesman declined to comment on reports that D’Andraia will face charges. The Mayor’s Office also did not respond to a request for comment. D’Andraia is expected to be tried at the Brooklyn Criminal Court later Tuesday.

The Police Benevolent Association, the union that represents NYPD officers, called the expected charges against D’Andraia the result of “mob-rule” justice, according to Jonathan Dienst, the NBC reporter who tweeted news of the case Monday.