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On Friday, NYPD Officer Jason Rivera, 22, was left dead after he and another officer, Wilbert Mora, 27, were responding to a domestic violence call in Harlem. Mora is in critical condition. They are believed to have been shot by suspect Lashawn McNeil. “According to multiple senior officials with direct knowledge of the investigation, the accused shooter, Lashawn McNeil, has a history of increasingly rabid belief in anti-government conspiracy theories,” NBC New York reported .
However, in speaking about the tragic shooting, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) on Saturday did not refer to McNeil, but rather “the scourge of illegal guns on our streets.” Her tweet also referenced how “a shot from an illegal gun took the life” of the officer. She likewise failed to mention Rivera or Mora by name. Last night, a shot from an illegal gun took the life of a @NYPDnews officer.
When I say we’re going to do everything we can to stop the scourge of illegal guns in our state, it’s not just talk. We are tripling funding for efforts to get these guns off the streets. pic.twitter.com/zXv0xbL4Em — Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) January 22, 2022 Hochul was sharply rebuked on Twitter for her referring to the gun. How’d the gun go off? Did it just discharge? — Dr. E. GarbleGarble (@MrsG8086) January 23, 2022 I guess these guns are walking around by themselves? Hummm, in the South “people” actually control the guns. — Barnett Smith (@bsmithonnow) January 23, 2022 Wow – according to “my eyebrows don’t move when I talk” an illegal gun left the house and discharged itself. https://t.co/OyODltZq9Z — Catturd ™ (@catturd2) January 23, 2022 This follows a history of Democrats and the mainstream media failing to acknowledge the role of the criminal suspect. For instance, outlets like the Associated […]
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