Charges have been dropped against a police agitator accused of trying to break into an NYPD officer’s Brooklyn home after prosecutors reviewed video of a protest outside the cop’s house.
Terrell Harper, 42, was facing attempted burglary, felony criminal mischief and other charges after a chaotic Sept. 23 protest at the officer’s Sunset Park home.
Harper had targeted the cop, whose address he posted on social media, after accusing the officer of putting hands on demonstrators who were protesting outside the 73rd Precinct stationhouse over a Sept. 15 subway shooting that left four people wounded by police bullets.
Terrell “Relly Rebel” Harper is pictured outside Brooklyn Supreme Court on Friday, May 23, 2025. (Julian Roberts-Grmela / New York Daily News)
“It was all lies,” Harper said. “The whole protest was video recorded. That’s why it’s being dismissed today.
“Nobody did any of that. Nobody kicked no doors, touched anything. I believe it was one person that went over the fence but he was told to come right back. And that’s all in the video. Nobody destroyed any property or anything. We don’t do stuff like that. It was just a way of stopping me from protesting.”
Assemblyman Michael Reilly speaks to the press before attending a hearing for Terrell “Relly Rebel” Harper at Brooklyn Supreme Court in October 2024. (Shawn Inglima for New York Daily News)
Assemblyman Michael Reilly of Staten Island and the Police Benevolent Association have used the incident to demand stricter laws to protect police officers and their families.
