Report: Lawyers in city-funded group were in anti-cop video
Two lawyers at a legal defense agency that receives $20 million in city funding participated in a music video that advocated the killing of police officers, city investigators said Thursday.
The video called “Hands Up” includes images of guns held to a police officer’s head and lyrics that say “a cop got to get killed.” Two lawyers with the Bronx Defenders appear in the video, and scenes were filmed inside the nonprofit’s offices. The producers also listed the agency as a sponsor.
“I love the song!” one of the attorneys, Ryan Napoli, wrote in an email to the producers, according to the city Department of Investigation. “I wonder if we can edit out the word (expletive) but that can be dealt with later.”