NYPD officer denounces widespread use of non-lethal force: "Life is precious"

The New York policeman is greeted for using non-criminal force to fend off a group of men during a confrontation presented in a viral video, Thursday "Life is precious, and using this weapon is not necessarily the first thing we should think about," Syed Ali told reporters Thursday about his Business management tense confrontation Sunday night.

"We received other tools, other tactics, and had to use all resources before resorting to lethal physical force."

Ali, a veteran of the military, added that he had used his training with the NYPD and the army to deal with the situation.

He warned, however, that the application of the law must respond to all circumstances.

be based on the situation, "said Ali." A policeman can cope with a thousand different situations, and whatever he deems the safest for himself "is what? he will perform.

The incident began when a woman was waiting for a subway in the Lower East Side of Manhattan reported that several men were sexually harassing her.

After Ali, in foot patrol solo, replied and ordered the five men to leave the station, they can be seen on the video of the viewer appearing to approach it in a threatening manner.

We see Ali take out his stick and give a shot to at least two of the men, then we hear him say, "I do not want to hurt you."

Three of the men suspected to be involved were charged, police said Thursday, with Juan Nunez, 27, and Leobardo Alvarado, 31, were charged with obstructing government administration and riots, police said. Eliseo Alvarez Santos, 36, also faces these charges, besides assault attempts, an attempt at criminal possession of a weapon and threats, said the authorities

Ali told reporters that He was unaware of social media and had no idea what his response had received. such acclamation. The video posted on the Facebook page of a passerby has been shared more than 16,000 times.

The agent said that he was receiving messages from around the world, including from an old service friend, a sergeant who was still serving abroad.

"He called me and he also sent me a message saying," I could not believe it was you. What's going on? "Ali recounted." I was like, "Ahh, just being a cop." "