Civil Liberties

Prosecutor: Undercover Cop "Terrorized" Family During Motorcycle Gang Attack

Facing multiple felony charges

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Did a New York undercover detective join fellow motorcyclists in chasing and catching an SUV driver, then terrorize his family as he was dragged from the vehicle and beaten?

That's what a prosecutor argued Wednesday, when Wojciech Braszczok was charged with first-degree gang assault and first-degree assault—both felonies—and third-degree criminal mischief in connection with a September 29 incident on Manhattan's Upper West Side.