The head of the New York City Police officers union has criticized a New York City Council staffer for allegedly encouraging violence against law enforcement officials during protests following the police killing of George Floyd.
Ember Ollom, 28, is a digital press aide who was hired by City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams’s office last fall, according to the New York Post.
In a series of Twitter posts in 2020, Ms. Ollom allegedly called on members of the public to attack law enforcement officers throughout the city amid widespread demonstrations over the death of Floyd.
Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died when former Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin held his knee against Floyd’s neck and back for approximately nine-and-a-half minutes as Floyd lay handcuffed and face-down on the pavement….