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Hudson Valley Woman Sentenced For Attempted Arson Of NYPD Van With 4 Officers Inside Hudson Valley Woman Sentenced For Attempted Arson Of NYPD Van With 4 Officers Inside
Hudson Valley Woman Sentenced For Attempted Arson Of Nypd Van With 4 Officers Inside A New York woman is heading to federal prison after admitting she tried to set fire to an occupied NYPD van during protests over the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020. Ulster County resident Samantha Shader, age 29, of Saugerties, was sentenced to 6 years behind bars Tuesday, Nov. 15, in federal court in Brooklyn. It followed her April 2022 guilty plea to using an improvised incendiary device, commonly known as a Molotov cocktail. According to the US Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District, Shader traveled from her home in Saugerties to Brooklyn on May 29…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Officer Faces Four Charges For Shoving Woman At George Floyd Protest In NYC Officer Faces Four Charges For Shoving Woman At George Floyd Protest In NYC
Officer Faces Four Charges For Shoving Woman At George Floyd Protest In NYC An NYPD officer has been charged with assault after allegedly throwing a protestor to the ground during a march to protest the killing of George Floyd. Vincent D’Andraia, 28, of Long Island, was charged Tuesday, June 9, for the incident that allegedly took place on Friday, May 29, near the Barclays Center, said Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. D'Andraia, who is assigned to the 73rd Precinct in Brownsville, Brooklyn, was charged after he was captured on a video recording that has been widely circulated, shoving a woman to the ground who was peacefully protesting.  He was charg…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Working Group Formed To Review Police Procedures, Policies In Westchester Working Group Formed To Review Police Procedures, Policies In Westchester
Working Group Formed To Review Police Procedures, Policies In Westchester In the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, a working group is being formed to review Westchester County Police policies. Westchester County Executive George Latimer announced that a group of prominent county leaders and officials would form the working group to evaluate police processes and procedures as protests continue to erupt around the country. The working group already includes Westchester County Police Commissioner Thomas Gleason, Deputy Police Commissioner Terrance Raynor, some county residents, as well as Mayo Bartlett and Leroy Frazier, prominent African American la…

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by Zak Failla
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Hudson Valley Woman Charged With Attempted Murder Of Four NYPD Officers During Protest Hudson Valley Woman Charged With Attempted Murder Of Four NYPD Officers During Protest
Hudson Valley Woman Charged With Attempted Murder Of Four Nypd Officers During Protest Two sisters from the Hudson Valley have been charged, one for attempted murder, after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at an NYPD van during a George Floyd protest. The incident happened near the Brooklyn Museum around 11:30 p.m. Friday, May 29. One of them, Samantha Shader, 27, of the Town of Catskill in Greene County, is facing four counts of attempted murder, attempted arson, weapons possession and reckless endangerment for allegedly lobbing the lit bottle of alcohol at the van. Her sister Darian Shader, 21, was charged with resisting arrest and obstruction of governmental a…

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by Joe Lombardi