INSANE Brawl in Jersey City Included A Mob, Police, Batons, Fists And Pepper Spray

JERSEY CITY — A street fight involving dozens of people Tuesday evening ended in five arrests after officers used pepper spray and batons in an ugly and chaotic scene caught on video.

The fight near 30 Bostwick Ave. began with 20 people and grew to approximately 100 within minutes, according to Jersey City Public Safety Director Jim Shea.

During a press conference at the city’s Public Safety Headquarters on Wednesday, Shea said police officers who initially responded to the scene called for backup after a civilian pulled at one officer’s duty belt where a weapon was stored.

The first 911 call was made at 5:16 p.m. for a 20-person street fight.

“Within 60 seconds a second call came in for a street fight involving 50 persons and then 40 seconds after that another call, a third call came in for a street fight now involving 100 persons,” Shea said.

Six officers came to the scene during the initial response and tried to disperse the crowd. Shea said an officer was attacked by a male juvenile who pulled at the officer’s duty belt and appeared to try to take the officer’s weapon. Two other officers tried to place the individual under arrest, but he resisted, as did two females who engaged as well.

Another officer tried to help but was bear-hugged by a man identified as Dashawn Muhammed. The officer fell and another man, Roland Gregory, approached and went “on top of” the officer, Shea said.