Brooklyn, NY – Baltimore Police Sent Warning TO NYPD; Suspect Linked To Gangsters

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     Ismaaiyl (IHSH'-mayl) Brinsley (instagram)Brooklyn, NY – A gunman who announced online that he was planning to shoot two “pigs” in retaliation for the chokehold death of Eric Garner ambushed two police officers in a patrol car and shot them to death in broad daylight Saturday before running to a subway station and killing himself, authorities said.

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    The suspect, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, wrote on an Instagram account: “I’m putting wings on pigs today. They take 1 of ours, let’s take 2 of theirs,” officials said. He used the hashtags Shootthepolice RIPErivGardner (sic) RIPMikeBrown.

    The NY Daily News is reporting that Brinsley is suspected of being a member of a notorious prison gang that has declared open season on the NYPD.

    Detectives were headed to Baltimore on Saturday night to probe Ismaaiyl Brinsley’s ties to the Black Guerrilla Family.

    One source said Baltimore police were already investigating Brinsley’s connection to the gang, which started in California’s San Quentin Prison in the 1960s by Black Panther member George Jackson.

    “BGF has been talking about getting back at cops for Eric Garner and Ferguson,” a source told The News, citing intelligence intercepted in Baltimore area prisons.

    Police said he approached the passenger window of a marked police car and opened fire, striking Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in the head. The officers were on special patrol in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.

    “They were, quite simply, assassinated — targeted for their uniform. … They were ambushed and murdered,” said Police Commissioner William Bratton, who looked pale and shaken at a hospital news conference.

    Brinsley took off running and went down to a nearby subway station, where he shot himself. A silver handgun was recovered at the scene.

    “This may be my final post,” he wrote in the Instagram post that included an image of a silver handgun.
    Bulletproof vests lie on each side of an NYPD patrol car as investigators work at the scene where two NYPD officers were shot in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014.  AP
    Bratton confirmed that Brinsley made very serious “anti-cop” statements online but did not get into specifics of the posts. He said they were looking at whether the suspect had attended any rallies or demonstrations. Two city officials with direct knowledge of the case confirmed the posts to The Associated Press. The officials, a senior city official and a law enforcement official, were not authorized to speak publicly on the topic and spoke on condition of anonymity,

    The Rev. Al Sharpton said the family of Garner, killed by a police chokehold this year, had no connection to the suspect and denounced the violence.

    “Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases,” Sharpton said. “We have stressed at every rally and march that anyone engaged in any violence is an enemy to the pursuit of justice for Eric Garner and Michael Brown.”

    The shootings come at a tense time. Police in New York are being criticized for their tactics following the death of Garner, who was stopped by police on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. Amateur video captured an officer wrapping his arm around Garner’s neck and wrestling him to the ground. Garner was heard gasping, “I can’t breathe” before he lost consciousness and later died.

    “Our city is in mourning. Our hearts are heavy,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio, who spoke softly with moist eyes. “It is an attack on all of us.” Police “are the foundation of our society.”
     New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (L) reacts as he speaks to the media during a news conference with New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Bill Bratton (R) after two NYPD officers were shot, in Brooklyn, New York, USA, 20 December 2014. EPA
    Demonstrators around the country have staged die-ins and other protests since a grand jury decided Dec. 3 not to indict the officer in Garner’s death, a decision that closely followed a Missouri grand jury’s refusal to indict a white officer in the fatal shooting of Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old.

    Tony Herbert, community activist who often speaks out on policing issues, went to the area near the shooting Saturday to express his outrage and his support for police.

    “We’ve been denouncing violence in our community,” no matter whom it’s directed at, he said. He’s concerned that some “agitators” might seek to cast the shooting as an outcome amid the anger over Garner’s death.

    “It sullies the opportunity for us to make inroads to build the relationships we need to build to get the trust back,” he said.

    “This hurts,” he said, shaking his head.

    Earlier Saturday, Bratton said, Brinsley went to the home of a former girlfriend in the Baltimore area and shot and wounded her at her home. He said they noticed Brinsley posting to the woman’s Instagram account about a threat to New York officers. Baltimore-area officials sent a warning flier to New York City police, who received it around the time of the shooting, Bratton said.
    A police officer puts up a crime scene tape at the scene of a shooting where two New York Police officers were shot dead in the Brooklyn borough of New York, December 20, 2014.  A gunman killed two New York police officers as they sat in their squad car on Saturday and then turned his weapon on himself, the New York Times reported.           REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
    A block from the shooting site, a line of about eight police officers stood with a German shepherd blocking the taped-off street. Streets were blocked off even to pedestrians.

    The president of the police officers union, Patrick Lynch, and Blasio have been locked in a public battle over treatment of officers following the grand jury’s decision. Just days ago, Lynch suggested police officers sign a petition that demanded the mayor not attend their funerals should they die on the job.

    The last shooting death of an NYPD officer came in December 2011, when 22-year veteran Peter Figoski responded to a report of a break-in at a Brooklyn apartment. He was shot in the face and killed by one of the suspects hiding in a side room when officers arrived. The triggerman, Lamont Pride, was convicted of murder and sentenced in 2013 to 45 years to life in prison.

    Investigators work at the scene where two NYPD officers were shot, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Police said an armed man walked up to two officers sitting inside the patrol car and opened fire before running into a nearby subway station and committing suicide. Both police officers were killed. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)


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    bennyt
    bennyt
    9 years ago

    Mr. Mayor – perhaps you should have a talk with Dante about people like Ismaaiyl instead of warning him about cops!

    cbdds
    cbdds
    9 years ago

    On a previous post one poster assumed the NY Police killed might be white. Based on the names released, I am guessing One Hispanic and one Asian. I wonder if this animal would have shot one of his color. I can not say one of his type because that would demean any black police officer.

    bennyt
    bennyt
    9 years ago

    I am shocked that the killer of these 2 cops is a “person of color”!

    MrSmith
    MrSmith
    9 years ago

    He was such a nice kid, looks just like Michael Brown. If Obama would have a son he would be just like this kid.

    ProminantLawyer
    ProminantLawyer
    9 years ago

    What will Del Blazio tell Dante about this?

    rebshmuel
    rebshmuel
    9 years ago

    His name was Ismaayil… Wonder if he converted to Islam