The migrant “cowards” who allegedly ganged up on a pair of cops near Times Square should be jailed, an NYPD official said Wednesday — as cops continued to hunt for three more suspects in the caught-on-camera beating.
Four of the accused thugs were arrested immediately after the shocking weekend attack, and then released without bail by a Manhattan judge.
A fifth suspect was awaiting arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday.
“Reprehensible,” a disgusted NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell told reporters.
“You have eight people attacking a lieutenant and a cop. The four that were arrested should be sitting in Rikers [Island] right now on bail,” the chief said.
“You want to know why our cops are getting assaulted? There are no consequences,” he continued. “Eight people attacked two cops. Cowards.”
The gang of asylum-seekers ganged up on the two cops, kicking and pummeling them, after the officers broke up a disorderly group around 8:30 p.m. Saturday on West 42nd Street, near Seventh Avenue.
Police arrested four of the accused thugs at the scene, identified as Darwin Andres Gomez -zquiel, 19, Kelvin Servita Arocha, 19, Wilson Juarez, 21, and Yorman Reveron, 24 — all of them charged with assault on a police officer by the NYPD.
All four were later arraigned on a count each of assault in the second-degree and obstructing governmental administration, according to a criminal complaint.
Surveillance video of the attack shows the two cops instructing the group to move on — when they suddenly are seen wrestling with one of the men, with all three falling to the ground.
“The video speaks for itself,” Chell said Wednesday. “I’m proud of what they tried to do. They stayed in the fight, but eight on two is hard.”
The suspects should face “Consequences for your actions,” he added. “They should be sitting in Rikers, they should be indicted this week and have their day in court and go to jail.
“You want to stop the assault on our cops? This is where it begins.”
The fifth suspect, Jhoan Boada, 22, was arrested a day later.
That’s when the rest of the pack starts kicking and slugging the cops, who are left on the ground.
The two assaulted cops, identified in a criminal complaint as Lt. Ben Kurian and Police Officer Tian Zunxu, suffered minor injuries.
According to the complaint Kurian was attempting to arrest one of the still-at-large suspects when the other four pounced on him, leaving him with a bloody and bruised lip and nose. Zunxu suffered “substantial pain,” the complaint says.
In a statement Tuesday, prosecutors said the incident is still under investigation, and said, “We now have additional video surveillance that was not available at the time of arraignment are continuing to speak to witnesses in order to determine the specific role of each defendant.”