Queens Man Refusing To Come Down From Tree, Police Negotiating For 3rd Day - CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Friday is day three of an ongoing police effort to get a man down from a tree in Queens.

Roody Thomas climbed the tree in an attempt to avoid police and has been there since around 2 p.m. Wednesday.

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Police have been working around the clock to get him to come down. They’ve used sirens, drones and negotiators, but nothing has worked, CBS2’s Kevin Rincon reported.

Roody Thomas has been up in a tree here in the Brookville section of Queens since Wednesday. Police say his mom called claiming he was threatening her. He shouted down saying cops are here in retaliation to a lawsuit he filed against the NYPD over abuse while in custody. pic.twitter.com/7kV9Mi1S3J

— Kevin Rincon (@KevRincon) October 8, 2021

Police were called to Thomas’s home on 145th Avenue in Brookville after his mother called claiming he was threatening her.

“My name is Roody Thomas… I currently have a lawsuit against NYPD, DOC, Rikers Island,” Thomas said from the tree.

That lawsuit filed in 2013 claimed Thomas was assaulted by a captain and as many as 10 other officers. The case was allowed to continue at the time, but there were issues locating Thomas.

Neighbors said he’s used to being up in the tree.

“Before, he’s been up there about three or four days at a time. This is only the first time that the police have actually been called,” one man said.

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Some, watching from behind yellow tape, questioned the tactics being used.

“I would think that it is a sensitive situation, and that it needs people or personnel who have experience in such things,” said one woman.

“NYPD should not be tasked with the responsibility of dealing with a man that obviously is in distress and is up in a tree,” said Sabine French, a public advocate.

French was able to talk to Thomas, who said he wanted to talk to an officer who, like him, is of Haitian descent.

“Anybody that has any type of knowledge around communities, around culture, around ethnicity, will understand you should be able to relate to the public that you are dealing with,” French said. “I want my law enforcement unit to represent my community.”

CBS2 asked NYPD about their tactics and Thomas’s request for an officer of Haitian descent, but have not heard back.

Police said Thomas will be arrested when he comes down.

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CBS2’s Kevin Rincon contributed to this report.

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