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NYPD Lieutenant Released From Hospital After Assault At Unity March

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- An NYPD lieutenant hurt at a protest this week was just released from the hospital, and he had a huge showing of support waiting for him outside.

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NYPD Lt. Richard Mack was cheered on by his fellow officers as he left the hospital on July 18, 2020. (Credit: CBS2)

Video shows fellow officers clapping for Lt. Richard Mack as he was wheeled out of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center on the Upper East Side on Saturday afternoon.

He's going home to recover after suffering a broken facial bone.

RELATED STORY: 3 Arrested, Charged With Assaulting Police Officers After Cops, Counter-Protesters Clash On Brooklyn Bridge

The lieutenant was one of four officers hurt Wednesday when police and counter-protesters clashed at a Unity March on the Brooklyn Bridge.

He was hit in the head with a cane.

Two men and a woman have been charged in connection to the assault.

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