A 16-year-old aspiring rapper and alleged gang member charged with shooting a New York City cop in the Bronx is walking free on bond Thursday, infuriating the union representing NYPD officers.
Camrin Williams - aka C Blu - was locked up in a Brooklyn juvenile detention center on gun and assault charges for shooting Officer Kaseem Pennant, 27, on January 18.
Just nine days later, he posted the $250,000 bail using money from his record deal advance on his contract with Interscope Records and has walked free.
Williams clashed with police officers last week when they responded to reports of unrest and he refused to comply with their orders to remove his hands from his pockets.
He began fighting with one of the officers and during the tussle, he accidentally shot Pennant - a single bullet struck and wounded Pennant and hit Williams in the groin.
Pennant was released from the hospital just hours later on January 19.
Williams, identified as a member of a subset of the Crips, who is already on probation for a 2020 gun possession arrest, was also taken to hospital before being taken to juvenile detention.
NYPD Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch said cases like this are why New York City's crime rate has skyrocketed, up 34 percent since the start of 2022.
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