New York Post – by Shawn Cohen and Kenneth Garger
The NYPD set up SWAT teams at two Bedford-Stuyvesant police precincts Tuesday night — after a confidential informant told cops about overhearing a gang plot to “shoot it out” at the station houses.
Four Emergency Services Unit officers, outfitted with helmets and assault weapons, were stationed at the 79th precinct. Another two were at the 81st.
The beefed up security was prompted by a confidential informant, who told cops of overhearing a member of the Baltimore-based Black Guerrilla Family talking with fellow gang members about plans to “shoot it out with police” at the two precincts, law enforcement sources told The Post.
The gang member served three years in jail for robbery and attempted murder.
Officials differed in their characterizations of the seriousness of the alleged threat.
A senior police official conceded to The Post that, “We’re investigating that threat, but at this time, “It does not appear to be credible.”
“I’m told it’s credible,” Ed Mullins President Sergeants Benevolent Association countered of the threat. “We’ve got emergency service personnel providing additional security outside of precincts. It’s credible.”
This is the second alleged threat against cops this month that comes from the Black Guerrilla Family.
On Dec. 7 officers were urged to wear their bullet-proof vests and pack extra ammo because of a “verified” threat that they are being targeted by the same gang.
http://nypost.com/2014/12/23/gang-members-threaten-to-shoot-up-nypd-station-house/
set that shit on fire yo!
Oh pahleez . . . gang members . . . more like paid provocateurs to get the masses riled up again. Not that it shouldn’t happen to a nicer (cough) department.
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Yep.