Marlboro Houses, Gravesend, Brooklyn, NY
[From article]
Two cops patrolling a crime-ridden Brooklyn housing project were badly beaten by a group of men they tried to handcuff in a stairwell, police said.
The attack happened as the unidentified housing cops were searching for a robbery suspect who was believed to be hiding in one of the buildings at the Marlboro Houses along West Eighth Street in Gravesend around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.
The police officers encountered the men hanging out in the stairwell near the third floor, authorities said.
When the cops ordered the group to get up against a wall and attempted to cuff them, the men started beating the cops, who were quickly overpowered, sources said.
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But even with their injuries, the officers managed to call for backup, and within minutes, a team of police officers were spread out through the building, hunting the assailants.
Police soon arrested four suspects,
http://nypost.com/2015/03/09/nypd-cops-beaten-by-suspects-during-arrest-in-housing-stairwell/
NYPD cops badly beaten by suspects during arrest
By Antonio Antenucci, Larry Celona and C.J. Sullivan
New York Post
March 9, 2015 | 9:35am
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