NYPD Searches For 6 Suspects In Police Assault

The New York City Police Department is reportedly searching for six suspects who fought officers on the Brooklyn Bridge this past weekend following the death of two policemen in Brooklyn.

The incident reportedly took place this past Saturday on the Brooklyn Bridge, when NYPD Legal Bureau lieutenants Patrick Sullivan and Philip Chan spotted a suspect, Eric Linkser, trying to throw a trash can off the side of the bridge.

When the two officers attempted to stop the suspect, more joined in to fight the police, and officials are now seeking out six suspects who allegedly assaulted the officers on the bridge.

"We do not take attacks on our police officers lightly. Never have, never will," Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said during a press conference this week.

The police commissioner went on to say that "by and large, the day went off as we would expect, without incident, and large crowds" during the Millions March that protested the recent grand jury decision regarding Eric Gardner, a Staten Island man who died after being put in a chokehold by police.

Bratton said that in regard to the Millions March protest, "a small group sought to change the dynamics of that day, the peaceful protests by tens of thousands of New Yorkers and others, and instead chose to, in their own selfish manner, make it all about them."

Last week, two police officers sitting their patrol car in Brooklyn were killed when suspect Ismaaiyl Brinsley opened fire on the officers in retribution for the grand jury decisions regarding Eric Gardner and African American teen Michael Brown from Ferguson, Missouri.