2015-01-06 11:31
New York - Two plainclothes New York police officers were shot
late on Monday as they investigated a robbery, local media reported.
Their
injuries were not life-threatening and the gunman apparently did not
deliberately target them simply because they were police, the New York
Times reported.
On 20 December, two uniform-wearing officers in
New York were shot by a black gunman claiming to be avenging the deaths
of African-Americans during recent confrontations with police.
Local media said Monday's shooting happened as the two officers tried to stop a robbery in the Bronx.
One was shot in the back, the other in the arm, the New York Daily News reported. Both officers were sent to the hospital.
New
York's police department has been on edge since last month's shooting
and officers have repeatedly shown their disdain for Mayor Bill de
Blasio by turning their backs to him during public events, including the
funerals of the two slain cops.
Some officers accuse de Blasio
of inciting the shooting over remarks about police relations with black
Americans and were enraged that he counsels his biracial son to be
careful around officers.
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