17 Injured as Jobless Workers Fight Police
Black construction workers demanding jobs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard battled with police Tuesday, overrunning a police cruiser and hitting officers with pipes, rocks and hammers, injuring 13 officers and 4 civilians, authorities said.
Eight members of the Black Economic Survival Group were arrested on a variety of charges including inciting to riot, assault, robbery and disorderly conduct. About 100 members of the group later demonstrated outside the police precinct where the suspects were being held.
The group has clashed several times in recent years with construction workers while marching on work sites demanding more minority hiring.
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