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\nSamantha Shader<\/p>\n
\nSamantha Shader<\/p>\n
A New York State woman is facing Federal charges for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at occupied police vehicles during the George Floyd riots.<\/p>\n
Not content with that, Samantha Shader also allegedly bit an officer when being taken into custody.<\/p>\n
Two others, both Brooklyn attorneys, were also accused of tossing the fire bombs at an unoccupied police car in a separate attack. Urooj Rahman and Colinford Mattis, with Shader, face life sentences.<\/p>\n
Skippy sends.<\/strong><\/p>\n By Vincent Barone<\/strong><\/p>\n An upstate woman and two Brooklyn lawyers were indicted Friday on federal explosives and arson charges for allegedly tossing Molotov cocktails at NYPD vehicles during George Floyd protests in New York City.<\/p>\n Samantha Shader, 27, of Catskill, is accused of hurling the makeshift explosive at an NYPD vehicle occupied by four police officers on early Saturday morning, May 30.<\/p>\n Prosecutors allege Shader bit one of the officer\u2019s legs when she was being taken into custody.<\/p>\n Around the same time, Brooklyn lawyers Urooj Rahman, 31, and Colinford Mattis, 32, were accused of tossing their own Molotov cocktail at an unoccupied police vehicle in Brooklyn during a separate attack.<\/p>\n All three face life in prison on the seven-count indictments, charging them with the use of explosives, arson, use of explosives to commit a felony, arson conspiracy, use of a destructive device, civil disorder, and making or possessing a destructive device.<\/p>\n \u201cSuch criminal acts should never be confused with legitimate protest,\u201d said United States Attorney Richard Donoghue in a statement. \u201cThose who carry out attacks on NYPD Officers or vehicles are not protesters, they are criminals, and they will be treated as such.\u201d<\/p>\n No police were hurt by the explosives. Shader\u2019s lit bottle never ignited. The explosive Rahman and Mattis tossed did ignite and set the empty, parked police vehicle ablaze, prosecutors allege.<\/p>\n Prosecutors said Shader, whose actions were allegedly caught on camera<\/a>, has an extensive rap sheet<\/a> sheet that includes arrests in 11 different states.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So there’s that going for her. Read the rest of the article here: New York Post<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks, Skippy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three indicted for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at NYPD vehicles, face life in prison<\/h3>\n
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\nColinford Mattis, left, and Urooj Rahman<\/p>\n