NYPD cop shot in head this weekend has died, police say
NEW YORK — The New York City police officer shot in the face Saturday in Queens died Monday. Brian Moore, 25, was pronounced dead at Queens General Hospital two days after being shot by a former convict in Queens Village, the Post and the Daily News reported. His family decided to remove Moore from life-support this… Read the rest of this entry »
Retired cop from Hazlet commits suicide in NYC courthouse, report says
Robert Newell, photo via facebook
A federal court officer from Monmouth County committed suicide in a courthouse in New York on Thursday morning, reports said. Robert Newell, 50, shot himself once in the head in a basement locker room at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in Lower Manhattan, the Post and the Daily News reported separately. The shooting took place just… Read the rest of this entry »
Union Beach Joins Middletown in Supporting Law Enforcement With Blue Light
The Borough of Union Beach is joining Middletown Township in showing their support of all law enforcement personnel by light their town blue between now and January 1st.
MMM has received an advanced copy of the following statement that the Borough will release on Tuesday:
Posted: December 23rd, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Law Enforcement, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, New York, News, NYPD, Police | Tags: Law enforcement, Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, NYPD, NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos, NYPD Officer Wenjian Liu, Police, Union Beach | 3 Comments »One Woman Protest Declares ‘Blue Lives Matter’
By Jeremy Baratta
Amanda Bolvito
“Black Lives Matter” has become a popular protest slogan, from Union Square to the Mall of America. Today, after the unprovoked shooting of two NYPD officers sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn over the weekend, one woman started a protest movement of her own closer to home.
Amanda Bolvito, a married 24 year-old waitress with 2 small children, went to office depot, bought about $19 worth of supplies, and emblazoned a sign with the message “Blue Lives Matter.”
She took her sign to the corner of Route 27 and Main Street, outside of the Metuchen Borough Hall and Police Station. First spotted at around noon and interviewed at 1:30 pm, she reported being there since around 11 this morning. She plans to be out there until “[she] can’t take the cold.”
Posted: December 22nd, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Monmouth County, New Jersey, NYPD, Police | Tags: Amanda Bolvito, Blue Lives Matter, Metuchen, NYPD, Police | 10 Comments »Middletown Stands With Law Enforcement
Township Committee Calls For Residents to Light Their Homes Blue
In response to the execution style murders of NYPD Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, the Middletown Township Committee has order that Town Hall be lit blue starting tonight through January 1st, 2015.
The Township Committee issued the following statement this morning:
Posted: December 22nd, 2014 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Law Enforcement, Middletown, Monmouth County, NYPD, Police | Tags: Blue Lights in Middletown, Law enforcement, Middletown Police Department, Middletown Township Committee, NYPD, NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos, NYPD Officer Wenjian Liu | 3 Comments »Giuliani Unloads On Obama, de Blasio After Police Killings
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani accused President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio of creating what he called propaganda that led to Saturday’s shooting death of two NYPD officers. On “Fox News Sunday,” the former presidential candidate blamed the two, as well as others who have protested against police brutality in… Read the rest of this entry »Over 50,000 Sign Petition for de Blasio’s Resignation
A petition calling for the resignation of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on MoveOn.org has received over 52,000 signatures, a response to the murder of NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. The petition, created by a group know only as “The people of NYC,” reads: With the recent news surrounding the NYPD and… Read the rest of this entry »N.J. police union warns officers to ‘take extra caution’ after NYPD killings
The killing of two New York City police officers in an ambush attack this weekend prompted New Jersey’s largest police union to issue a warning today, urging its members to “take extra caution and use increased safety in the coming weeks.” The advisory from the state’s Police Benevolent Association comes a day after a 28-year-old man… Read the rest of this entry »After NYPD deaths, Newark pulls one-officer units off the streets, union says
NEWARK — Owing to safety concerns, the Newark Police Department is pulling one-officer units off of the streets, according to the president of the police officer’s union there. “The Newark Fraternal Order of Police is primarily concerned with the safety of the officers in the street,” James Stewart, the president of the union, said late Saturday.… Read the rest of this entry »