| For Molotov Cocktail At NYPD
Van in 88th Precinct Floyd Protest EDNY Files
Complaint
By Matthew
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COURTHOUSE, May 31 –
Amid protests about the murder
of George Floyd, late on May
30 the U.S. Attorney for the
Eastern District of New York
got a complaint signed
by Magistrate Judge
Sanket J. Bulsara about a
Molotov cocktail attack on an
NYPD vehicle. Inner City
Press, which covered the
protested in Foley Square and
at One Police Plaza on May 29
(video here
and edited here),
and aftermath
on Fifth Avenue on May
30, publishes the
complaint (later-written song
on Soundcloud).
Also,
"Defendants
Colinford
Mattis and
Urooj Rahman,
both residents
of Brooklyn,
were arrested
in a van early
Saturday
morning while
allegedly in
possession of
explosive
device
components
shortly after
Rahman hurled
a Molotov
cocktail at an
NYPD vehicle
before fleeing
with Mattis.
As detailed in
the complaint
charging
Mattis and
Rahman, an
NYPD
surveillance
camera
recorded
Rahman tossing
a Molotov
Cocktail at an
unoccupied
NYPD vehicle
parked near
the 88th
Precinct in
Brooklyn, New
York and then
fleeing in a
tan minivan.
Officers
pursued the
minivan and
arrested
Rahman and
Mattis, who
was the
vehicle’s
driver. The
NYPD recovered
several
precursor
items used to
build Molotov
Cocktails,
including a
lighter, a
bottle filled
with toilet
paper and a
liquid
suspected to
be gasoline in
the vicinity
of the
passenger seat
and a gasoline
tank in the
rear of the
vehicle... The
defendants
charged in
each of the
complaints
will make
their initial
appearances
via
teleconference
on Monday,
June 1, 2020,
before United
States
Magistrate
Judge Steven
M. Gold."
Inner City
Press aims to
cover it -
watch this
site.
Complaint:
"ELAINE SILADI, being duly
sworn, deposes and states that
she is a Special Agent
with the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, duly appointed
according to law and
acting as such.
Causing Damage by Fire and
Explosives – Police
Vehicle On or about May
30, 2020, within the Eastern
District of New York,
the defendant SAMANTHA
SHADER did knowingly,
intentionally and maliciously
damage, and attempt to
damage and destroy, by means
of fire and one or more
explosives, a vehicle
and other real property used
in interstate and foreign
commerce and in an activity
affecting interstate and
foreign commerce, to wit: a
New York City Police
Department vehicle in
Brooklyn, New York.
(Title 18, United States Code,
Section 844(i)) 2
The source of your deponent’s
information and the grounds
for her belief are as
follows:
On or about May 30, 2020 at
approximately 1:12 a.m., an
individual, later
identified as the defendant
SAMANTHA SHADER, approached a
New York City Police
Department (“NYPD”) vehicle
parked in the vicinity of
Eastern Parkway and
Washington Avenue in Crown
Heights, Brooklyn. A video
provided to law
enforcement from a
witness captured the events.
The video
initially shows the defendant
SHADER light an
incendiary device –
specifically, a bottle
containing an incendiary
chemical (sometimes
referred to as a “Molotov
cocktail” device) – while an
unidentified male attempts to
shield SHADER from
onlookers. SHADER thereafter
throws the Molotov cocktail at
the NYPD 1 Because the
purpose of this Complaint is
to set forth only those facts
necessary to establish
probable cause to arrest, I
have not described all the
relevant facts and
circumstances of which I am
aware. 3 vehicle,
which was occupied by four
NYPD officers. The Molotov
cocktail shattered two
windows of the NYPD vehicle on
impact and caused internal
damage to the NYPD
vehicle. An image of the
defendant Shader throwing the
Molotov cocktail is shown
below and the video
provided by the witness is
appended by reference." Watch
this site.
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