ðə pəlˈiːs wɜː pɹˈɛzənt tʊ ɛnfˈoːɹs ɐ sˈɪɾiˈɔːɹdɚd ᵻvˈɪkʃən ʌv bˈʌmpʊɹz, ɐn ˈɛldɚli, dˌɪsˈeɪbəld ˈæfɹɪkən ɐmˈɛɹɪkən wˈʊmən, fɹʌm hɜː nˈuː jˈɔːɹk hˈaʊzɪŋ ɐθˈɔːɹɪɾi nˈɪtʃə pˈʌblɪk hˈaʊzɪŋ ɐpˈɑːɹtmənt æt wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti wˈʌn jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ˈævənˌuː sˈɛdɡwɪk hˈaʊzᵻz ɪnðə mˈɔːɹɪs hˈaɪts nˈeɪbɚhˌʊd ʌvðə bɹˈɑːŋks.
The police were present to enforce a city-ordered eviction of Bumpurs, an elderly, disabled African American woman, from her New York Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing apartment at 1551 University Avenue (Sedgwick Houses) in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx.