"The park is deteriorating, because the city refuses to assign enforcement and NYPD around the clock," NYC Parks Advocates' Geoffrey Croft told us. Afterwards, police arrived and handcuffed Tyrone-but when they found the victim inside the nearby Duane Reade, he refused to press charges, and Tyrone was released. Tyrone, who is 6'6", ended up punching and beating the victim as the video ends, the victim staggers onto the street and is hit by a car. The park manager repeatedly talked to Tyrone and the victim before the fight escalated to try to calm them down, to no avail. The two other men in the video aren't cops-one is a park manager (the man with the badge around his neck), and the other is an unshielded peace officer who has no arrest powers. Sources tell us that the victim in the video above is a panhandler who identifies as a member of OWS before the video began, Tyrone allegedly stole the victim's hat. We're told The Fountain Gang is angry because OWS folks have brought greater attention onto Union Square, which led to the park being closed at night-as well as more trouble for them when they've wanted to drink and smoke pot there. It seems that this punching incident was the result of tensions between Tyrone's group, known as "The Fountain Gang," and the Occupy Wall Street activists and homeless people who spend their days in the park. We've spoken to several Union Square regulars and locals who have identified the attacker as one "Tyrone"-and they say he's been causing trouble around the park all month, and that he claims to be a member of the Crips. Yesterday, we posted a video of a shirtless man beating another man in Union Square right in front of what appeared to be security guards.
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