On Friday, NYPD officers attempted to arrest 28-year-old Derrick Ingram, co-founder of the nonviolent activist group Warriors In The Garden, at his apartment building in Manhattan.

In a statement to CNN, NYPD spokeswoman Sgt. Jessica McRorie said the officers were "seeking him for an open complaint report for an assault on a police officer" during a protest in Manhattan on June 14.

During the June protest, an officer attempted to prevent him from crossing a police line and a struggle ensued, McRorie said. Ingram allegedly "placed a handheld megaphone directly against the officer's ear, activated the megaphone and yelled, causing pain and protracted impairment of hearing," according to McRorie.

"This was an attempt to silence our movement," the statement says. "This militarized police response endangers the safety of residents in Hell's Kitchen and across NYC."

Ingram streamed the interaction live on Instagram.

On Saturday, Ingram, accompanied by an attorney, turned himself in on the misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault, the NYPD and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said. He was released on his own recognizance and has been arraigned, the district attorney's office said.

"Mr. Ingram turned himself in (Saturday) morning in a surrender negotiated by his attorney, and was peacefully accompanied to the precinct by his friends and allies. Such agreed-upon surrenders are common practice between lawyers and the NYPD," said Lupe Todd-Medina, a spokeswoman for NY County Defender Services.

Todd-Medina said the attorney's efforts to negotiate Ingram's surrender "were nearly foiled by an unprecedented show of police overreach yesterday morning and afternoon" and that they look forward to fighting the charges against Ingram.

"The presence of NYPD officers on Mr. Ingram's fire escape, helicopters circling overhead, and police dogs was a shocking demonstration of the tactics the NYPD is willing to undertake to suppress dissent," Todd-Medina said.

Danny Frost, a spokesman for the district attorney's office, said in a statement Saturday that their office "does not condone the extraordinary tactics employed by police on Friday."

"These actions were disproportionate to the alleged offense that occurred two months ago, and unjustifiably escalated conflict between law enforcement and the communities we serve," Frost said.

"The NYPD's top brass better start talking. Who really issued the order to retreat?," Lynch said. "They have set an unbelievably damaging precedent. Police officers and all New Yorkers deserve to know who signed off on the NYPD's literal surrender to criminals."

Officers said they had a warrant for Ingram's arrest, Oss said, but they did not show one when asked. Hours later, the officers left -- without making an arrest.

"Commissioner Shea made the right decision to call off the operation," he said, referring to New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea. "Assaulting an officer is unacceptable and will always lead to consequences, but arrests must be made properly."

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