| Man Who
Threatened Asian-American NYPD Officer Is
Jailed For Photos With Guns As Felon
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
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UK - Honduras
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EDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 25– A man is detained in
Brooklyn on Texas gun charges.
But that's only half the
story.
The man,
Shermaine Laster, has filmed
this month threatening and
insulting an Asian-American
NYPD officer in Washington
Square Park.
The detention
hearing, before Magistrate
Judge Lois Bloom in the U.S.
District Court for the Eastern
District of New York, was live
tweeted by Inner City Press, here:
Laster's
lawyer: People post things on
social media for all sorts of
reasons.
Judge: We don't
have here the people who have
gotten orders of protection
against Mr. Laster.
Laster's lawyer:
Maybe they never saw the
posts.
Judge: In
all the photos I have, he's in
that "I Can't Breathe" shirt.
And with the guns. AUSA: There
are more photos. I am not
arguing that he owns all the
guns. But that he has
possessed them.
Judge: Why didn't
you submit them? AUSA: I can
email them.
Judge calls
15 minute break to consider
photos.
14 minutes
into the 15 minutes break,
it's announced that 11 photos
have been printed out and
provided to the defendant. He
tries to speak- but nope. Now
the matter is put over to
Monday- and defendant will
remain detained. Inner City
Press will stay on the case
***
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