- Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance reduced charges against Derrick Ingram on Saturday
- Ingram, 28, is accused of injuring NYPD cop by using bullhorn in her ear
- Vance reduced felony charges against Ingram to misdemeanor assault
- On Friday, NYPD officers who came to arrest Ingram were chased off by crowd
- Ingram later surrendered himself after officers retreated from his home
- NYPD union boss blasts leaders for bowing to the ‘criminal mob’ in the case
The Manhattan District Attorney has dropped felony charges against the Black Lives Matter leader who was accused of assaulting a police officer, after an angry crowd chased off an NYPD team sent to arrest the man.
DA Cyrus Vance personally ordered the charges against Derrick Ingram, 28, dropped from felony assault in the second degree to misdemeanor assault, a law enforcement source told the New York Post.
Ingram is accused of injuring a female cop by shouting directly in her ear with a bullhorn on June 14, resulting in the officer being hospitalized with temporary hearing damage.
On Friday, a team of NYPD officers who were sent to arrest Ingram retreated after an hours-long standoff outside his home, where an angry crowd confronted them. Ingram later surrendered at a police precinct after the arrest team left.