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Lawyers accused of torching NYPD car with Molotov cocktail offered plea deal
2021-02-24
[NYPost] The two lawyers charged with torching an empty NYPD van during a Black Lives Matter protest in Brooklyn last summer were offered a plea deal by federal prosecutors earlier this month, according to new court documents.

The suspects, Urooj Rahman
...the pouty, connected Pakistani-American who trained with Hamas before studying human rights law at Fordham. Her self-proclaimed best friend, successful Washington, DC lawyer Salmah Rizvi, previously worked for President Obama as an intelligence analyst ...
and Colinford Mattis,
...Princeton, NYU Law, former corporate law associate at some fancy New York City law firm, along with his sister the primary caregivers for his dead mother’s three foster children — the things ya gotta do in Brooklyn to keep the family’s rent controlled apartment!...
were offered the unspecified deal on Feb. 11, according to a court papers filed Saturday by Brooklyn federal prosecutors.

Specifics about the proposed deal were not clear — nor was whether they accepted.

Prosecutors asked for more time before the next status hearing in the case to "enable defense counsel to review the plea offers with the defendants and for the parties to engage in further plea negotiations."

The pair faced life behind bars when they were indicted last summer on charges including arson, conspiracy and use of explosives.

As anti-cop protesters faced off with police outside the 88 Precinct stationhouse on May 29, Rahman allegedly tossed a Molotov cocktail at an empty NYPD van nearby.

Mattis acted as the wheelman during the Molotov cocktailing and drove off after the van ignited, but the two were arrested a short while later, prosecutors allege.

Prosecutors said in a detention memo at the time that they were trying to pass out Molotov cocktails to protesters at the demonstration.

Mattis, a graduate of Princeton University and the New York University School of Law, was an associate at corporate Manhattan firm Pryor Cashman, but had been furloughed last spring, according to the firm.
Does this mean the firm will take him back, or will he go full time with something supported by one of America’s robust crop of SJW multi-billionaires?
Rahman was also a registered attorney in New York state, who was admitted to the bar in June 2019 after graduating from Fordham University School of Law.
Will they be able to practice law after this, or will they have to work in a related field?
Attorneys for both Rahman and Mattis declined to comment.
Related:
Urooj Rahman: 2020-06-30 Human rights lawyer, 31, filmed 'hurling a Molotov cocktail at an empty NYPD van during a protest' pleads not guilty
Urooj Rahman: 2020-06-27 Brooklyn Lawyers Hit with Seven Federal Charges for Allegedly Throwing Molotov Cocktail Into NYPD Cruiser Now Face Life Imprisonment
Urooj Rahman: 2020-06-18 The George Floyd Riots: The Leftist/Islamic Partnership in Action
Related:
Colinford Mattis: 2020-06-30 Human rights lawyer, 31, filmed 'hurling a Molotov cocktail at an empty NYPD van during a protest' pleads not guilty
Colinford Mattis: 2020-06-27 Brooklyn Lawyers Hit with Seven Federal Charges for Allegedly Throwing Molotov Cocktail Into NYPD Cruiser Now Face Life Imprisonment
Colinford Mattis: 2020-06-13 Three indicted for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at NYPD vehicles, face life in prison
Posted by:trailing wife

#7  Some NY cops should get together, properly plan it... and arrange an accident. Something that will be seconded by their pals in forensics. Or arson... yeah that's it! A car burnt up, faulty carburetor seal and all that. If cops want to, they can do lots of things.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-02-24 13:03  

#6  Well Bob, check out the only individual bailed out from 6 JAN. How clear do they have to say it?
Posted by: Cesare   2021-02-24 10:13  

#5  it is to weep.

everyone knows if this happened on Jan 6, in Washington, and these two were 'armed insurrectionists' (that the media breathlessly reports on), the only plea deal would be whether their cage at Gitmo faced the ocean or not.
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136   2021-02-24 06:37  

#4  These two lawyers knew the law and decided to violate it. They should suffer the Max allowable by law and the Law licenses revoked. But as we know they were offered an unspecified deal on or about Feb. 11.

New York Criminal Code sections 150 and/or 240 are clear their Fire Bombing act can considered a Class C to Class E Felony. If found to be a Violent Felony - anything from 1.5 years to 15+ years. PLUS Loss of their Law Licenses.

Typical plea deals are:
 A downgrade from Violent to Non Violent Felony - With a possible deal for Probation only and restitution for the damages and legal costs. Plus a suspended Law License until paid in full and the probation is completed..

However, IF the DA tags their Law Licenses. Then it is likely they'll go to work for a NON-Profit Legal firm. Given the title as a Legal Assistant (non-Licensed) and be paid under the table by some Liberal "Get out of Jail" group fund.

PLUS they will be elevated in Radical liberal status and who knows they could be offered a jobs in Biden's DOJ.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-02-24 05:29  

#3   R Son Is Us Family business starts @ Gramps' 80th Birthday
Posted by: Snatches Pepsi5250   2021-02-24 04:11  

#2  Reduced sentences (time served) and life-long party memberships. It's just professional courtesy.

Their silence has now been purchased, as promised.

Posted by: Besoeker   2021-02-24 00:41  

#1  My call - the plea deal will be so bad they'll both do no time upstate and will keep their law licenses. Then it's only a matter of time until these POS start to rake it in on the lefty radical chic bullshit.
Posted by: Raj   2021-02-24 00:27  

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