Woman Charged With Attempted Murder of Police During NYC Protests: Officials

Woman Charged With Attempted Murder of Police During NYC Protests: Officials
Police try to contain protesters during a rally at the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York on May 29, 2020. Frank Franklin II/AP Photo
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A woman was charged with the attempted murder of New York City Police Department officers for allegedly hurling a Molotov cocktail at a marked police van that was occupied, officials said.

Samantha Shader, 27, of Catskill, New York, which is about 130 miles north of New York City, is accused of tossing the firebomb into the rear window of a van at Eastern Parkway and Washington Ave. in Brooklyn, officials told the New York Post and other news outlets.
Jack Phillips
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