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Controversial New York based first amendment auditor ELY released a new Q&A video on Friday in which he went into details of his arrest in the Bronx, NY, earlier in the week.
ELY had been at the 43rd precinct in the Bronx in order to obtain a status change for camera equipment that had been seized in a previous arrest. The District Attorney in the case decided not to pursue charges and signed a release of the evidence in the case. While the DA did his part, the evidence’s status in the system still needed to be changed by the arresting officer.
After getting multiple conflicting statements as to what he needed to do and where he needed to go to get his camera equipment back, ELY ended up at the 43rd precinct, where the arresting officer was stationed. ELY was trespassed from the building after a short scuffle with police inside the building and stuck around as one of the auditors who had gathered in support of ELY was taken into custody.
ELY was later taken into custody himself for charges of assault, after a 5-hour verbal siege of the building and multiple negative interactions with police.
The YouTuber revealed that he was taken into custody by police as he had an arrest warrant for an old incident in which he struck a Con Edison worker. He claimed to be unaware of the warrant and explained that police found that the investigation of the incident had turned into actual charges just recently, resulting in his arrest.
ELY was held in custody for over 24-hours before being released as the district attorney in the case declined to go forward with charges for that incident.
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