Terrorists who threw a lit Molotov cocktail into a police car during Black Lives Matter protests in New York last summer have been quietly offered a plea deal, according to court documents released yesterday.
The two terrorists were picked up a short time later and were found to have materials to make several more bombs, according to prosecutors.
Urooj Rahman and Colinford Mattis, both attorneys from New York, faced life behind bars if successfully prosecuted. Now, it appears there’s a possibility they will not receive any jail time at all, although details of the deal have not been released.
With Mattis behind the wheel, Rahman hopped out of a minivan and tossed a lit beer bottle filled with gas into an empty NYPD van, setting the dashboard on fire, according to prosecutors.
She and Mattis fled, but were stopped by cops from the 88th Precinct who followed them from the scene. Police found materials for making other Molotov cocktails in the minivan.
The seven-count indictment against them includes charges of use of explosives, arson and conspiracy.
“Prosecutors said in a detention memo at the time that they were trying to pass out Molotov cocktails to protesters at the demonstration,” reports the New York Post.
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