Assaults against cops have increased by 63% over the past six years — with 970 police officers assaulted so far this year compared to 595 at the same point in 2019, NYPD data show.

The Brooklyn councilwoman charged with biting an NYPD official at a protest spoke out on Thursday, saying officers manhandled her as she tried to keep an elderly woman from getting hurt.

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