Informant on NYPD Payroll Drove Protester to Attack

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The use of the “confidential source” was revealed in a federal court filing in the case of a demonstrator accused of trying to cut a police vehicle brake line.

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Published Aug. 5 2020 2:39PM EDT

GettyImages-1221106593_ud03ai — BRYAN R. SMITH

The NYPD embedded at least one undercover informant among protesters demonstrating against police violence in the wake of George Floyd’s death, a newly unsealed court filing reveals.

The disclosure was buried in an FBI affidavit in the case of Jeremy Trapp, 24, who was arrested by the NYPD on July 17,...

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Informant on NYPD Payroll Drove Protester to Attack

The use of the “confidential source” was revealed in a federal court filing in the case of a demonstrator accused of trying to cut a police vehicle brake line.

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Justin Rohrlich