Governor Cuomo Reacts to the “Revenge” Shooting of Two NYPD Officers

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 22, 2014

Two uniformed NYPD officers were shot and killed on Saturday night in what is being called a "revenge killing" for the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown. The gunman shot the officers while they were sitting in their patrol car in Bedford-Stuyvesant before turning the weapon on himself. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo responds to the shooting. Plus: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams reacts; Richard Aborn talks about the history of cop assassinations; and New York State DEC commissioner Joseph Martens explains the science behind the report that led Governor Cuomo to ban fracking.

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