Two New York police officers where shot yesterday. Given the heightened sense of concern stemming from the “FTP” movement assassinations, many people are wondering if these shootings are related. The shootings do not appear related:
New York […] The unidentified officers were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital where they are in critical but stable condition, and are expected to recover, the NYPD said.
The anti-crime officers, who were in plain clothes, were part of a group of five officers who were responding to a call about a robbery at a grocery store on East 180th Street in the Bronx, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said.
The officers were approaching two suspects who had just entered a nearby restaurant when one of the suspects opened fire, Bratton said. The officers returned fire and two of them were wounded.
[…] Bratton said the two suspects fled on foot to Marion Avenue, where they carjacked a white Camaro from two women. Shortly after, they abandoned the car and continued to flee on foot, police said. Investigators recovered a black Ruger Blackhawk revolver nearby. The suspects have not yet been apprehended. (Full Story)

INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis police were responding to reports of multiple fights and gunshots at Castleton Square Mall Saturday evening.

IMPD dispatch confirmed the incident, but said few details were available.
Tony Katz, host of The Morning News on RTV6’s newsgathering partner WIBC, was at the AMC Theater in Castleton at the time and described the scene:

“I was in the Hunger Games, the 6:20 showing, so it was well into the movie. No one heard any gunshots. A man with a baby had gone outside of the theater, and then he came back and said, ‘I don’t know what is going on, but people are screaming and heading this way.’ So everybody got up and headed toward the exits.” (more…)

Major Hat Tip and a Happy New Year to iOTW
Racooning ! I had forgotten that term. Priceless.

VICE NEWS is in a panic, because their (open secret) Occupy Wall Street-minded staff underpinnings are about to be exposed. Vice news is now claiming that Jarrod Shanahan is not part of their media organization. However, their lies are being easily outed. This might be popcorn time if VICE NEWS continue to deny the obvious and watch their credibility explode…
NEW YORK – A Brooklyn activist who has written anti-cop screeds – and boasted of punching his boss in the face – was busted Thursday over the infamous attack on the two NYPD lieutenants during a Brooklyn Bridge protest, officials said.

Jarrod Shanahan, identified by the NYPD as ‘Male Suspect #2′, was caught on video kicking one of the cops after a mob of protesters dragged him down on Dec. 13. (more…)

HatTip WeaselZippers
You just have to feel for this guy. Here’s a guy going to work as a janitor; his job is to clean the police union building; the FTP protestors are waiting outside, and naturally jump to the conclusion he’s one of those horrible police officers.
Sheesh, these “FTP” people are beyond pathetic.

The unstable FTP people continue to threaten law enforcement…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man was charged Thursday with making threats against police and the St. Louis City Justice Center on Twitter.
Jason Valentine, 35, faces 10 felony counts of making a terrorist threat, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s office said Thursday.
Valentine is being held on a $100,000 cash-only bail, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which did not specify which jail. It wasn’t clear from online court records whether he has an attorney or when his first court appearance would be.
Valentine allegedly tweeted about “Kill a pig Night” throughout December, the probable cause statement said, and that he threatened an explosion at the Justice Center on Wednesday.
“St. Louis City Justice Center Mysteriously Exploded 12/31/2014,” one tweet read, according to the statement. Another said, “New Years Eve Massacre Kill A Pig Night.”
(more…)

If you are going out, be careful.  Apparently there are numerous locations where FTP riots/protests and events are planned for tonight.  My recommendation would be to stay home and be safe this year.

(Via BizPac) Cops are going to have to watch out for more than drunk drivers New Year’s Eve celebrations around the country promise to be even more raucous – and potentially dangerous — than usual this year, with race-mongering radicals planning mass disruptions to protest what they call routine police abuse of blacks. The group behind the website Stop Mass Incarceration has helpfully put together a listing of planned “actions” nationwide under the heading, “Rock in the New Year with Resistance to Police Murder.” There’s a whole nonsensical bill of particulars about the reasons for protesting, starting with “business as usual in Amerikkka includes wanton police murder of Black people.” (more…)

Given the contrast evident amid the racial grievance industry, and the more recent violent tendencies exhibited, it should come as no surprise that Lesley McSpadden would be heralded as a representative for hatred, violence and poor decision making.
Strange, strange times…...
SAINT LOUIS – The St. Louis County NAACP recognized Lesley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown Jr., during the branch’s fifth annual Jazz Brunch on Saturday, December 20. McSpadden, joined at the event by several members of the Brown family, was privately presented with a check for an undisclosed amount.
It was a small “love token” of their appreciation, said John Gaskin III, local NAACP youth leader and national NAACP board member, “to let her know that she’s loved and that the county civil rights organization is remaining true to the fight for justice for her and her family.”
The event was held at the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton – a short distance away from where a St. Louis County grand jury chose not to indict then Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in Brown’s fatal shooting on August 9. (more…)

By my rough estimate this is the sixth recent assassination attempt on random police officers: 

1. Saint Louis – MO,
2. New York – NY,
3. Tampa – FL,
4. Miami – FL, 
5. Durham – NC, and now Los Angeles – CA   

Update: 6:00am PST Second shooter evades capture – A Los Angeles Police Department patrol car was fired on in an “unprovoked attack” Sunday night that put police officers around the city on tactical alert.

The shooting took place late Sunday in a neighborhood in South Los Angeles as two officers were responding to an unrelated radio call.
“A couple of officers were rolling down the street when they observed the muzzle of a rifle firing in their direction,” LAPD Sgt. James Shray told MyFox LA. “They responded to the muzzle flash.” (more…)

On the day before the New York Police were assassinated, an off duty officer was shot in Saint Louis while sitting in his vehicle. The incident was seemingly lost in the coverage of the NYPD shootings.  A few days earlier another murder and body found burning in vehicle. Both crimes now attributed to Dominic Irons, 29.
ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office has issued warrants for the arrest of Dominic Irons, 29, for 2nd degree murder, 1st degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon.

A $500,000 cash-only bond has been issued.
Irons is the suspect in the death of Terrell Beasley, 28, who was found shot twice and burned in the back seat of a vehicle on Dec. 19. (more…)