Social workers say cops beat them, failed to follow protocol on child removal that lead to violence

Social workers say cops beat them, failed to follow protocol on child removal that lead to violence

It was supposed to be a routine assignment.

A pair of city social workers sent to remove two children from an abusive Bronx home thought they could count on the two NYPD cops by their side in case things got ugly.

Instead, the officers bungled the case so badly, the social workers say, they ended up in the middle of a melee that left them beaten and bloodied - by the cops.