April 20, 2024

NYU-trained lawyer accused of hurling Molotov cocktail at marked NYPD vehicle

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A Ivy League-educated lawyer and member of a Brooklyn community board was among those arrested for hurling a Molotov cocktail at a marked NYPD vehicle amid George Floyd protests, it was revealed Sunday.AT LEAST 60 SECRET SERVICE AGENTS INJUREDColinford Mattis, 32, was allegedly behind the wheel of a tan minivan as his passenger, fellow attorney Urooj Rahman, allegedly hurled the incendiary at an empty NYPD vehicle outside the 88th Precinct station house in Fort Greene early on Saturday.CLICK FOR THE LATEST ON THE GEORGE FLOYD URESTMattis, a graduate of Princeton University and New York University law school, is an associate at corporate Manhattan firm Pryor Cashman.He was furloughed in April amid the coronavirus crisis, his employer confirmed.ā€œAs we confront critical issues around historic and ongoing racism and inequity in our society, I am saddened to see this young man allegedly involved in the worst kind of reaction to our shared outrage over what had occurred,ā€ managing partner Ron Shechtman said in a statement to The Post.Brooklyn Community Board 5 in East New York lists Mattis as one of its members, though the boardā€™s president and reps didnā€™t immediately return calls on Sunday.Rahman, 31, meanwhile, is also registered as an attorney in New York state, who was admitted to the bar in June 2019 after graduating from Fordham University School of Law. It was not immediately clear on Sunday whether she was affiliated with any law firm.GET THE FOX NEWS APPItā€™s unclear how she and Mattis know each other.Click for more from the New York Post
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