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NYPD Commissioner William Bratton Won’t Apologize to Lawmaker for Police Incident

Bronx Assemblyman Michael Blake files complaint, saying an officer manhandled him

By

Thomas MacMillan

and

Mark Morales

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Assemblyman Michael Blake at a news conference at the Capitol in April 2015. Mr. Blake says a New York Police Department officer manhandled him during an incident Saturday near a public-housing complex in the Bronx. Photo: Mike Groll/Associated Press

New York City’s police commissioner on Monday declined to apologize to a Bronx assemblyman who said he was handled roughly by an officer during the weekend.

“There will be no apology forthcoming from me,” Commissioner William Bratton said after meeting with state Assemblyman Michael Blake. “I have no reason to believe that the officer behaved in a significantly inappropriate manner.”

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Further Reading

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. Kholood Eid for The Wall Street Journal

How an Ivy League Police Commissioner Hunted an Ivy League Murder Suspect

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