NYPD’s Failure to Protect: Assault Charges Dropped Against NYC Protester Beaten by Egyptian Diplomats

What happens when our own law enforcement fails the American people while kowtowing to foreign diplomats operating on U.S. soil? The recent dismissal of assault charges against New York City protester Yasin El Sammak exposes a disturbing pattern of deference toward foreign agents at the expense of justice for citizens exercising their constitutional rights.When Foreign Immunity Undermines Justice at HomeLast month, during a small pro-Palestinian demonstration outside Egypt’s diplomatic mission in Manhattan, Yasin El Sammak and his teenage brother were violently accosted by Egyptian officials. Video evidence clearly shows the brothers being dragged behind glass doors and severely beaten—including being...