Police have arrested a teenager in the assault of an off-duty firefighter on the Upper East Side last weekend.

Damir Johnson, 17, is facing a charge of second-degree assault.

He was greeted by a line of grim faced firefighters who stared him down as he was moved from the 19th precinct on Thursday.

For his part, Damir insisted the off duty firefighter attacked his friend first, and he was merely defending his friend.

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