NYPD texts on 2020 Black Lives Matter protest are released as part of lawsuit: ‘Kick their a**’

Reacting to the messages, retired NYPD officer Jillian Snider, now an adjunct lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, told 1010 WINS, “I’m going to read that as they were looking to make sure they got the extremists off scene as quickly as possible.”

Snider acknowledged that the texts could give an unfavorable image of the NYPD but emphasized that police officers often have their own jargon that may not be familiar. “There was nothing overwhelmingly alarming that I saw,” Snider said, adding that officers were “trying to keep it as light as they could while also removing agitators from the peaceful protests.”