A lawyer for an NYPD sergeant accused of ordering a police escort for Sean “Diddy” Combs after his concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom last week, insists that there was a safety risk due to a large crowd gathered around the world famous rap mogul.
The NYPD has confirmed that Diddy received a police escort from officers with Midtown South precinct, who allegedly took the rap mogul one block, from 34th Street to nearby Dyer Ave, which leads to the Lincoln Tunnel.
“A sergeant has been identified as having directed an officer to provide an unauthorized escort, which was for a distance of one block,” a police spokesman confirmed.
Attorney Andrew Quinn told the New York Post that the sergeant was simply attempting to clear a growing crowd that was gathering around Combs, who was heading to an after party in West Orange, New Jersey.
“This wasn’t to benefit P. Diddy. It was to ameliorate a crowd situation,” attorney Andrew Quinn said of the growing brouhaha on the street.
According to the New York Post, NYPD officers are even more upset because the Midtown South precinct is the same precinct where Diddy was arrested in 1999.
The mogul was busted for allegedly shooting a gun inside of a club while out with former girlfriend and current American Idol judge, Jennifer Lopez.
Combs was defended by late defense attorney Johnny Cochran and acquitted of all the charges.
Source:Allhiphop
