Five white New York City cops falsely arrested an on-duty federal postal worker while he was delivering the mail simply because he shouted at their unmarked moving vehicle because he was almost struck by it.
“It is not a crime for someone to voice outrage after almost being struck by a vehicle … It is not a crime to state that you’re angry at someone who almost hit you. That is not a crime,” Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams stressed.
Here how federal reads when any person interferes with the delivery of the US mail.
Title 18, USC, Section 1701.
Section 1701. Obstruction of mails generally
Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs or retards the passage of the mail, or any carrier or conveyance carrying the mail, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Nothing in the code states that cops are exempt from the law. Let’s see if charges are filed by federal officials.