Hispanic Cop Christopher Rivera arrested for assault after pushing girlfriend against wall

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Cop arrested for assault after pushing girlfriend against wall
By Tina Moore
May 15, 2017 | 6:18pm

An NYPD officer was arrested for domestic-violence charges in Washington, DC — during the annual Police Week, cops said Monday.

Christopher Rivera, 34, was charged with simple assault for grabbing his girlfriend around the neck and pushing her against the wall around 4 a.m. Sunday, DC police said.

Officers responded to a call for a domestic-violence assault at 736 6th St. NW and arrested Rivera, who is with the NYPD’s Highway Patrol unit, for assaulting his girlfriend, cops said. He was immediately suspended, a NYPD source said.

“Officer located and interviewed (the victim) who stated that her boyfriend had grabbed her around her neck and pushed her against a wall,” a police report shows.

Rivera was arrested for simple assault/domestic violence, cops said.