| For Molotov Cocktail At NYPD
Van in Crown Heights George Floyd Protest EDNY
Files Complaint
By Matthew
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COURTHOUSE, May 30 –
Amid protests about the murder
of George Floyd, late on May
30 the U.S. Attorney for the
Eastern District of New York
got a complaint signed
by Magistrate Judge
Sanket J. Bulsara about a
Molotov cocktail attack on any
NYPD vehicle. Inner City
Press, which covered the
protested in Foley Square and
at One Police Plaza on May 29
(video here
and edited here),
and aftermath
on Fifth Avenue on May
30, publishes the
complaint (later-written song
on Soundcloud).
"ELAINE SILADI,
being duly sworn, deposes and
states that she is a
Special Agent with the
Federal Bureau of
Investigation, duly appointed
according to law and
acting as such.
Causing Damage by Fire and
Explosives – Police
Vehicle On or about May
30, 2020, within the Eastern
District of New York,
the defendant SAMANTHA
SHADER did knowingly,
intentionally and maliciously
damage, and attempt to
damage and destroy, by means
of fire and one or more
explosives, a vehicle
and other real property used
in interstate and foreign
commerce and in an activity
affecting interstate and
foreign commerce, to wit: a
New York City Police
Department vehicle in
Brooklyn, New York.
(Title 18, United States Code,
Section 844(i)) 2
The source of your deponent’s
information and the grounds
for her belief are as
follows:
On or about May 30, 2020 at
approximately 1:12 a.m., an
individual, later
identified as the defendant
SAMANTHA SHADER, approached a
New York City Police
Department (“NYPD”) vehicle
parked in the vicinity of
Eastern Parkway and
Washington Avenue in Crown
Heights, Brooklyn. A video
provided to law
enforcement from a
witness captured the events.
The video
initially shows the defendant
SHADER light an
incendiary device –
specifically, a bottle
containing an incendiary
chemical (sometimes
referred to as a “Molotov
cocktail” device) – while an
unidentified male attempts to
shield SHADER from
onlookers. SHADER thereafter
throws the Molotov cocktail at
the NYPD 1 Because the
purpose of this Complaint is
to set forth only those facts
necessary to establish
probable cause to arrest, I
have not described all the
relevant facts and
circumstances of which I am
aware. 3 vehicle,
which was occupied by four
NYPD officers. The Molotov
cocktail shattered two
windows of the NYPD vehicle on
impact and caused internal
damage to the NYPD
vehicle. An image of the
defendant Shader throwing the
Molotov cocktail is shown
below and the video
provided by the witness is
appended by reference." Watch
this site.
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