The president of the Police Benevolent Association blasted the decision to downgrade Derrick Ingram's charges.

Pat Lynch released a statement saying "Is there any doubt who is in charge in this city now? The criminal mob is dictating their terms to the NYPD brass and district attorneys, who are tripping over themselves to comply. Police officers want to know: What are we still doing out here? Why are our leaders sending us out to enforce laws they don’t believe in? And what are we supposed to tell the New Yorkers who are watching us retreat while violence overwhelms their streets?”

Ingram is a part of a non-violent group known as 'Warriors of the Garden'. The group says police didn’t have a warrant when they showed up at Ingram’s Hell’s Kitchen apartment Friday.

According to the NYPD, Ingram was wanted for an assault on a police officer.

When he refused to leave his apartment, there was an hours-long standoff with police dogs and tactical units.

Demonstrators marched Saturday with Ingram from Bryant Park to the 18th precinct where he turned himself in.

In a statement given to reporters on Saturday, Mayor de Blasio commented on the attempted arrest saying "Commissioner Shea made the right decision to call off the operation. Assaulting an officer is unacceptable and will always lead to consequences, but arrests must be made properly."