{"id":14507,"date":"2016-03-28T18:25:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T23:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=14507"},"modified":"2016-03-28T18:25:24","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T23:25:24","slug":"video-postal-worker-speaks-out-on-controversial-nypd-arrest-caught-on-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2016\/03\/28\/video-postal-worker-speaks-out-on-controversial-nypd-arrest-caught-on-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Postal worker speaks out on controversial NYPD arrest caught on video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Police Department is investigating alleged disorderly conduct after the controversial arrest of a postal worker while he delivered packages on his route, reports CBS News correspondent DeMarco Morgan.<\/p>\n<p>Cellphone video<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>captured the plainclothes NYPD officers approaching 27-year-old Glen Grays. The postal worker was in the middle of his shift on St. Patrick&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>My ID right there on the side of the truck<\/strong>,&#8221; Grays is heard saying in the video. &#8220;<strong>Let&#8217;s go get your ID<\/strong>,&#8221; an officer says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>I&#8217;m not going nowhere<\/strong>. <strong>I&#8217;m delivering my postal route<\/strong>,&#8221; Grays responds.<\/p>\n<p>Seconds later, the situation escalates and an officer demands for him to &#8220;stop resisting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not resisting!&#8221; Grays says.<\/p>\n<p>Grays is led away in handcuffs, with his mail truck left unattended.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only thing I think saved me is that it was on videotape,&#8221; Grays said. He said he tried to comply with the officers&#8217; order. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/postal-worker-speaks-out-on-controversial-arrest-by-nypd-captured-on-video\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/common\/video\/cbsnews_video.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"475\" height=\"360\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<div class=\"cbs-resources\"><span class=\"cbs-more\">View More: <\/span><a class=\"cbs-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/crime\/\">Crime News<\/a><span class=\"cbs-pipe\">|<\/span><a class=\"cbs-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live\/\">Live News<\/a><span class=\"cbs-pipe\">|<\/span><a class=\"cbs-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/videos\/\">More News Videos<\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14470\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/brooklyn-mailman-arrested.jpg\" alt=\"brooklyn-mailman-arrested\" width=\"429\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/brooklyn-mailman-arrested.jpg 429w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/brooklyn-mailman-arrested-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Police Department is investigating alleged disorderly conduct after the controversial arrest of a postal worker while he delivered packages on his route, reports CBS News correspondent DeMarco Morgan. Cellphone video\u00a0captured the plainclothes NYPD officers approaching 27-year-old Glen Grays. The postal worker was in the middle of his shift on St. Patrick&#8217;s Day. 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