Video shows man about to attack a female NYPD officer in the Bronx

*The father of the man caught on camera randomly hitting an NYPD officer with a glass bottle says his son was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 12 and likely assaulted the cop “because of his mental issues.”

“He’s my son. He’s crazy,” said 74-year-old Jose Garcia in Spanish about his 45-year-old son, who shares his name. Speaking to the New York Post through a translator, he said his son, has “mental issues.”

“Besides his problems, he’s a nice man. He’s not a bad man. He’s got problems.”

In the April 17th incident, the female officer had been conducting smoke shop inspections with the New York City Sheriff’s Department and was standing with another cop on a busy sidewalk at 231st Street and Broadway in Kingsbridge at around 2 p.m., when the younger Garcia is seen on surveillance video approaching her from behind and striking her in the back of the head. He also punched her several times before the other officer and another person finally took him down.

Police sources tell the New York Post that following Garcia’s arrest, he said “God told him to do this,” and claimed there were “people in his house, and no one did anything.”

The elder Garcia said that his son “likes drinking, too,” and “has medication but he’s not taking it.”

“I know it’s because of his mental issues that he did it. I want them to take him to a psychiatrist, put him someplace where he’s safe,” he said.

Smoke shop employees were filming the inspection to ensure that cops and the Sheriff destroy their establishment and unwittingly caught the attack on camera.

Garcia was arraigned on charges of attempted aggravated assault on a police officer or peace officer, second and third-degree assault, and criminal possession of a weapon. He has 11 prior arrests, many of which appear to be tied to his mental illness, sources sell the NY Post.

The injured officer was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she was treated for a concussion, a hematoma on the back of her head, blurry vision, and a loss of feeling in her hands, according to the complaint. The NYPD said the officer was in stable condition.

Source: Dad of Man Who Bashed Female NYPD Officer with Bottle Says He Has Schizophrenia | WATCH-it-Happen