A migrant convicted of assaulting two cops in Times Square during a wild brawl that made headlines last year grinned as he was sentenced to two years behind bars, something a police union says is not enough.
Venezuelan native Yorman Reveron was convicted on assault and petit larceny charges for his role in the infamous, massive brawl on Jan 27, 2024, outside a migrant shelter at West 42nd Street and 7th Avenue. During the beatdown, he roughed up the officers by shoving them to the ground as they attempted to arrest around eight unruly individuals who, police say, were impeding pedestrian traffic.
Reveron was sentenced on March 4, 2025, to two years behind bars, but the convicted man seemed to shrug off the sentence with a grin.
Police Benevolent Association Patrick Hendry said that while he is happy Reveron is doing time for the attack, he says the punishment is not enough.
“We’re glad that this vicious cop-basher is staying behind bars, but a few years in jail aren’t going to change him. He attacked two New York City police officers while he was out on supervised release for a previous crime,” Hendry said. “He has zero respect for the law and cannot be allowed back on our streets. If he’s in the country illegally, he needs to be deported immediately upon completing his sentence,” Hendry said.
In February Ulises Bohorquez pled guilty to his own part in the beatdown. He said he saw the cops attacking another person and stepped in to defend them. However, he changed his story on Monday and withdrew his original plea. He was sentenced to a year in state prison.
Yohenry Brito is the only remaining defendant yet to be tried.
The attack and subsequent search for the perpetrators sent off a media firestorm, with police brass sounding off on the attack as a shift in culture and respect for police officers.
“You have eight people attacking a lieutenant and a cop,” then-NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell, now the NYPD Chief of Department, said shortly after the incident.“Do you want to know why our cops are getting assaulted? There are no consequences.”
