NEW YORK (77WABC) — A demonstrator who admitted to hurling a molotov cocktail at an NYPD van occupied by four police officers during the 2020 George Floyd protests in Brooklyn was sentenced to six years in prison.
Brooklyn federal judge Dora Irizarry imposed the sentence on 29-year-old Samantha Shader of Saugerties, NY. The FBI reportedly uncovered a video of Shader tossing the molotov cocktail into the cruiser.
Three people — including Shader, who authorities say has an extensive criminal history — were arrested on federal charges after a pair of NYPD vehicles were firebombed during the protests.
On Friday, Urooj Rahman, the first of two attorneys who pleaded guilty to firebombing an empty police van at another protest in Brooklyn, is scheduled to be sentenced. Colinford Mattis, who also pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to commit arson and possess an explosive device, is set to be sentenced next month.
