Council Member Susan Zhuang defended her actions and accused police of excessive force a day after she was arrested and charged with assault for allegedly biting a police officer during a protest in Gravesend.
She said she was "disappointed" with the events that had unfolded on Wednesday, and that she felt she "shouldn't have been arrested in the first place."
As they tried to remove the barricade, police approached Zhuang from behind, she said. "Two police officer handcuffed me, each hand," she said. "I had one police officer pulling my hair. Another officer grabbed my neck."
Police have disputed Zhuang's claims. An NYPD representative told Brooklyn Paper Zhuang blocked officers from reaching the woman stuck under the barricade, then shoved the barricade against them and bit an officer so hard it reportedly broke the skin.
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