NEW YORK—Early Thursday morning Robert Murray, a suspect in the case of assault on two police officers last Saturday during mass protests, turned himself in, police confirmed.
Murray, 43, who resides in Brooklyn, walked into police custody, accompanied by his attorney. Police are charging him for riot, assault, obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest, and escaping.
Murray is an organizer of a property services workers union, 32BJ SEIU, and has participated in past rallies. He was arrested before in 2004, during protests against the Republican National Convention that was held in Madison Square Garden that year.
He is one of seven suspects—three other males and three females—that police are looking for. The other six still remain at large, but police say they have identified several of them with the aid of volunteered videos and statements from numerous witnesses.
Chief of Manhattan Detectives William Aubry said that as the investigation continues, “I plan on making more arrests, within a day or two.”
Protests against police brutality are held in solidarity with Eric Garner, a black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white police officer, Daniel Pantaleo, in Staten Island. The borough’s grand jury decided not to indict Pantaleo, which triggered mass protests that have gone on for weeks.
