Arrest caught on camera as police swarm driver outside Holland Tunnel

Tuesday, December 10, 2019
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Port Authority police arrested a man who was trying to get away after exiting the Holland Tunnel in Lower Manhattan Tuesday.

Video showed police with guns and tasers pointed at a white Mercedes just after 3:30 p.m.
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The driver kept pulling forward and then shifted into reverse, ramming into at least one other vehicle.

Eventually an Academy bus pulled up behind him, boxing him in.
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Two officers shattered the driver's window, then yanked the man out as about a dozen officers rushed in and handcuffed him.

There is no word yet on what prompted the incident. Charges are pending against the driver.

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