Lawyers accused of torching NYPD car with Molotov cocktail offered plea deal

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Lawyers accused of torching NYPD car with Molotov cocktail offered plea deal

By Ben Feuerherd

February 22, 2021 | 6:24pm



The two lawyers charged with torching an empty NYPD van during a Black Lives Matter protest in Brooklyn last summer were offered a plea deal by federal prosecutors earlier this month, according to new court documents.

The suspects, Urooj Rahman and Colinford Mattis, were offered the unspecified deal on Feb. 11, according to a court papers filed Saturday by Brooklyn federal prosecutors.

Specifics about the proposed deal were not clear — nor was whether they accepted. 

Prosecutors asked for more time before the next status hearing in the case to “enable defense counsel to review the plea offers with the defendants and for the parties to engage in further plea negotiations.”

The pair faced life behind bars when they were indicted last summer on charges including arson, conspiracy and use of explosives.

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[mikezpen]

Maybe 6 months in an easy jail or community service. Trump's really to blame for this. He should have pushed his people to expedite the prosecutions of the criminals they arrested last summer, including these two. They should have been in prison now.

[Smokin Joe]

Lawyers should have known better. No deal.