A Staten Island woman buying pot from a local deli got into a misunderstanding with the cashier — who ended up macing her, dragging​ her outside by her hair, kicking her in the head and mistakenly calling her trans.

  • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    A police officer may arrest a person for a crime, pursuant to subdivision one, whether or not such crime was committed within the geographical area of such police officer's employment, and he or she may make such arrest within the state, regardless of the situs of the commission of the crime.

    Kinda sounds like yes they can. Besides, all this person tried to do was file a report. What you're seeing here is that cops don't feel like doing any part of the job that doesn't involve LARPing a 90s action film.