New York City police determined there was no criminality by Shake Shack employees after three officers drank milkshakes believed to be contaminated with bleach.
Police came to the determination after “a thorough investigation,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison said in a tweet early Tuesday.
The officers had been assigned to work at a protest Monday evening in Manhattan when they stopped at the restaurant for a meal, The New York Patrolman’s Benevolent Association said in a statement. The officers determined “a toxic substance, believed to be bleach,” was added to their beverages, the statement said.
The officers went to a hospital for treatment but weren’t seriously harmed, The Detectives’ Endowment Association stated.
Shake Shack tweeted that it was “horrified” by reports of the alleged contamination. The restaurant chain said it was working with police in the investigation.
Officers across the U.S. and world have been called to watch over protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody on May 25.
The NYPD PBA sent out the attached statement.
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Not as bad as murdering Rayshard Brooks HY’D or George Floyd HY’D
Democrats
I think we have to sincerely pray for Mashiach to come.
May the Almighty send all those 3 Police officers a speedy recovery.
The defendants will claim that they were following Donald Trump’s advice, trying to protect the police officers from the coronavirus.
No, seriously, if this is true, whoever did this should be charged with attempted murder.
WHAT’S MOS AND EOT?
Was anyone else affected? “no criminality by Shake Shack employees” – what about criminality by non-Shake Shack employees?
147, neither Brooks nor Floyd were murdered.
The article doesn’t say WHY there was no criminality. The answer is that the contamination was inadvertent. The machine hadn’t been rinsed enough after cleaning. That’s negligence but not criminal.
It’s a good question whether anyone else got drinks from the same machine and whether they were also affected. I can only assume that it had just been cleaned and these cops were the first ones served from it. Because otherwise that would be evidence of criminality and the police wouldn’t lie for the mayor and say it wasn’t.
There may not be charges you can bring criminally, but, what about a health department review?