NYPD search of Queens anti-violence group office sparks angry reactions from workers

Police investigating the attempted execution of a teen searched the offices of a Queens-based anti-violence radical for grounds connected Friday — sparking a furious absorption from the organization’s leader, video reviewed by the Daily News shows and constabulary confirmed.

Tensions are flying precocious successful the video, successful which galore cops tin beryllium seen lasting astir wrong the offices of Life Camp, connected Sutphin Blvd. successful South Jamaica, portion the organization’s laminitis and CEO, Erica Ford, angrily questions wherefore they are there.

“A hunt warrant for what?” Ford asks respective times successful the video. “What are you searching for?”

“I’m asking you not to interfere with the hunt warrant that we are executing,” Deputy Inspector Sean Claxton, the commandant of the 113th Precinct, tin beryllium seen saying successful the video astatine 1 point.

Ford denies that she is attempting to artifact the search.

“I americium not interrupting s—! Get the f—ing constabulary commissioner connected the phone!” she shouts midway done the video.

A constabulary spokesperson said successful a connection that the hunt was related to the attempted execution of a 17-year-old that happened connected Tuesday connected Rockaway Blvd. astir 20 blocks distant from the Life Camp offices.

“During the execution of the warrant, a 27-year-old antheral interfered and was arrested and charged with Obstruction [of] Governmental Administration and Resisting Arrest,” according to the statement.

When reached by telephone Friday night, Ford confirmed that Life Camp’s offices were raided and said 1 of her employees was arrested.

“I’m trying to get my worker retired of jail,” she said. “I’m speaking with the lawyers now.”

Founder of Life Camp, Erica Ford, speaks astatine a property league astatine City Hall successful 2022. (Shawn Inglima for New York Daily News)

It was not instantly wide if the arrested idiosyncratic had thing to bash with the attempted execution investigation.

Toward the extremity of the video constabulary tin beryllium seen leaving with what appears to beryllium a machine hard drive.

Ford founded Life Camp successful 2002. The organization, which provides a scope of assemblage services aimed astatine reducing weapon violence, including mentoring and after-school programs, received 1 of the first licenses to run a retail cannabis dispensary successful 2022.

In an instagram post past week, Ford thanked Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Rev. Al Sharpton and different luminaries for supporting her bid advocacy efforts.