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2020-02-10 -War on Police-
Gunman ambushes NYC police twice in 12 hours, spawns outrage
NEW YORK (AP) ‐ A gunman was arrested after he ambushed police officers in the Bronx twice in 12 hours, authorities said, wounding two in attacks that brought outrage from officials who blamed the violence on an atmosphere of anti-police rhetoric.

Robert Williams, 45, of the Bronx, was captured after he walked into a police station in the Bronx and started shooting shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday, police said. His shots struck a lieutenant in the arm and narrowly missed other police personnel before he ran out of bullets, lay down and tossed his pistol, officials said.

That attack came just hours after Williams approached a patrol van in the same part of the Bronx and fired at two officers inside, wounding one before escaping on foot, police said.

All of those shot are expected to recover, authorities said.

"It is only by the grace of God and the heroic actions of those inside the building that took him into custody that we are not talking about police officers murdered inside a New York City police precinct," Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said at a news conference.

Williams is being charged with attempted murder, criminal weapon possession and resisting arrest, police said in an email late Sunday identifying him as the suspect. He was hospitalized Sunday evening, the Bronx prosecutor’s office said. It wasn’t clear whether he had an attorney to speak for him.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-10 06:16|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 Granny of gunman speaks out:

Williams' grandmother, 80-year-old Mary Williams, on Sunday told NBC 4 New York her grandson had been looking for a job recently, adding that he “didn’t have no problem with no police lately.”

“I was really shocked,” she said of the allegations. “I would tell him to get his life straight and don’t do things like that. Because I love him, and God loves him.”
Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-10 06:21||   2020-02-10 06:21|| Front Page Top

#2 One of God's Children.
Diversity Makes is StrongerDead
Posted by Lex 2020-02-10 06:24||   2020-02-10 06:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Feels very much like 1972.

Thanks to BLM, Soros, the insurgent Left that's rising up, we're going back to the 1970s. How long before NYC tops the 1,000 murders/yr threshold again?
Posted by Lex 2020-02-10 06:27||   2020-02-10 06:27|| Front Page Top

#4 ...you get what you vote for. Good and hard.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-02-10 07:32||   2020-02-10 07:32|| Front Page Top

#5 How long before he gets out?
Posted by gorb 2020-02-10 08:18||   2020-02-10 08:18|| Front Page Top

#6 10.. 9.. 8..
Posted by Lex 2020-02-10 08:22||   2020-02-10 08:22|| Front Page Top

#7 Is he one of those eligible to be released without bail? I mean, he was unarmed when the police cruelly arrested him.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia  2020-02-10 16:15||   2020-02-10 16:15|| Front Page Top

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