NYPD Chief Decries ‘Total Breakdown’ of Justice After Illegal Immigrants Suspected in Police Assault Released Without Bail

‘Well, the consequences—that’s the issue in the city right now.’

Illegal immigrants attack two New York Police Department officers outside a migrant shelter in New York, on Jan. 27, 2024. New York Police Department

New York Police Department (NYPD) Chief of Patrol John Chell said on Friday that the release without bail of five illegal immigrants who allegedly assaulted two police officers demonstrates a “total breakdown” in the New York justice system.

“Well, the consequences—that’s the issue in the city right now,” Mr. Chell told NTD’s “Good Morning” program.