Outrage when woke lawyers who tried to firebomb NYPD van during BLM riots get sentences slashed

After attempting to firebomb an NYPD van in the Brooklyn Black Lives Matter riots of 2020, two woke lawyers have reached a plea agreement that will dramatically reduce the amount of time they spend behind bars, sparking outrage from the New York City Police Benevolent Association.

Once facing potential life sentences for tossing a Molotov cocktail into an empty NYPD van as Brooklyn burned in response to the notorious death of George Floyd at the hands of white police officer Derek Chauvin, Colinford Mattis, a 35-year-old Princeton University graduate, and Fordham University of Law graduate Urooj Rahman, 33, are now looking at just two years in jail, Fox News reports.

A letter filed Tuesday from prosecutors for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced that Mattis and Rahman have agreed to a guilty plea of conspiracy to commit arson, stripping away the terrorism enhancement to a 10-year sentence the government was previously seeking in 2021.

Originally, the indictment of the former lawyers included a count with a mandatory 40-year minimum sentence, and Mattis and Rahman have already pled guilty to one count each of possessing and making a destructive device.

While the duo could still receive a maximum sentence of five years behind bars, prosecutors have reportedly recommended reduced 18-24-month sentences.

“There is absolutely no justification for lowballing the sentence for an anti-police terrorist attack,” said NYC PBA President Patrick J. Lynch in a statement.

Though the pair were originally held behind bars, they have spent the better part of the years following their May 30, 2020 arrest in home confinement.

 

As BizPac Review previously reported, Rahman’s $250,000 bail was guaranteed by ex-Obama intelligence official Salmah Rizvi, who claimed Rahman is her “best friend.”

“It’s bad enough that these dangerous criminals have been allowed to sit at home for the past two years,” Lynch said. “Handing them a below-guidelines sentence would give a green light to other anti-police radicals who seek to advance their cause through violence.”

“The judge must reject this request,” the union head stated.

On May 18, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan was set to hear a debate over the terrorism enhancement. The Tuesday filing has asked him to convert that hearing into one that will address the change of plea — an indication, according to Law.com, that the prosecutors are planning to change the original indictment.

And, according to Fox News, Law.com feels the opportunity to lighten the activists’ sentences is directly tied to the policies of President Biden’s administration.

“Law.com noted that because Rahman and Mattis were arrested when Donald Trump was still president and pleaded guilty days after U.S. Attorney Breon Peace was sworn in, their supporters had hoped President Biden’s appointee might have his Brooklyn federal prosecutors take a new look at the case,” Fox reports.

“This is where we are,” wrote one user on Twitter. “We should be ashamed.”

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16 thoughts on “Outrage when woke lawyers who tried to firebomb NYPD van during BLM riots get sentences slashed

  1. The Democrat rot runs deep in New York. They won’t be satisfied until they destroy everything.

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  3. Who wants to bet that the judge will reduce their sentences to time served? Although it would be nice to hear that, as part of their sentencing, that they can never practice any type of law!

    1. This is typical Dim/Commie trick. They will get off with little to no time. And they should have to pay for the police vehicle. Bet’cha they won’t do that either.

  4. will Fordham University of Law graduate Urooj Rahman lose her license to practice law?????

  5. These two deserve to face a firing squad, not have their sentences reduced. Damned liberal lawyers.
    Derek Chauvin’s lawyers should get his sentence reduced too. It’s only fair

  6. Violations of the NFA, (National Firearms Act of 1934), are an automatic 10 years in jail. How did they make/use Molotov’s, (Class 10 destructive devices, part of the NFA), and get less than two years? What the hell?

  7. When these two get over their reduced sentences, they’d better hope they never have to call the police….

  8. A ni**er and a wigger. What a shock…

    Don’t worry, once the civil war starts we’ll hunt them down and mete out the punishment they deserve.

  9. And yet the Feds are seeking LIFE For the Jan 6 sightseers who were LET INTO the building by Capitol Police! And most of those have been held WITHOUT BAIL for over a year! TRULY DISGUSTING!!

  10. These two should lose their citizenship and be removed from the country. Let them foment revolution in some other country.

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