Charges against postal worker arrested by NYPD dropped
NEW YORK -- Charges against a postal worker who was arrested in March while delivering packages in Brooklyn have been dropped.
Video of Glenn Grays' arrest by a group of plainclothes officers went viral soon after the St. Patrick's Day incident. Grays said in interviews that he shouted at the men, who were in an unmarked car, after the vehicle nearly ran him over. The officers can be seen on video surrounding Grays, who was at the front door of a building, with a package in hand.
The video then shows the officers telling Grays to "stop resisting" even though he does not appear to resist.
He was handcuffed and put in the unmarked patrol car, with his mail truck left unattended, and charged with resisting arrest.
The charge was thrown out on Thursday.
"In the interest of justice I asked the Court to dismiss the disorderly conduct charge against Glen Grays," Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said in a statement Thursday.
After the video of Grays' arrest surfaced in March, the New York Police Department removed three officers from their normal posts while investigating the incident. Their supervisor, Lt. Luis Machado, who was among the officers who arrested Grays, was placed on modified duty.
The NYPD confirmed to 48 Hours' Crimesider Thursday that the arrest remains under investigation and Machado is still on modified duty.