Sigh.
https://www.amny.com/news/east-villa...ment-standoff/
East Village homeless residents, cops and city officials in standoff over encampment crackdown
During the removal process amNewYork Metro observed several members of the NYPD appear visibly upset and shaken over what they were being asked to do—some even cried as they heard the pleas of the homeless. One officer grimaced while recording the incident, while another was asked by an advocate “If you didn’t want to be here to do this why didn’t you just call out” to which the officer said, “I didn’t know I was going to be here.”