S.I. teen arrested for posting 'Let's Kill Cops' on Facebook after murder of NYPD officers files lawsuit against NYC
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Friday, August 14, 2015, 6:41 PM
Updated: Friday, August 14, 2015, 10:36 PM
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STUDIOYasin Shearin posted on Facebook 'Let's Kill Cops' with an emoji of an officer and gun hours after Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjin Liu were shot execution-style.
A Staten Island teen's First Amendment rights were violated when police collared him for posting alleged threats against cops on social media — just hours after two NYPD officers were murdered, according to a suit.
Yasin Shearin's mom, Tunisia, says her son and family were humiliated when police illegally searched their home and arrested her son after he posted on Facebook "Let's Kill The Cops" with an emoji of an officer and gun.
The status update was made several hours after Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjin Liu were shot execution-style by a maniac seeking to kill cops in a twisted bid to avenge the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.
On Dec. 23, 2014, the 16-year-old high school student, who has no criminal record, surrendered to the police at the 73rd Precinct stationhouse on an outstanding warrant.
The mother charges in a lawsuit filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Friday that more than a dozen officers illegally searched her home while she was at work and held her baby-sitter and four young child inside at gunpoint.
A grand jury declined to indict Shearin on charges of making a terrorist threat.
JESSE WARD/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWSYasin Shearin's mom, Tunisia, says her son and family were humiliated when police illegally searched their home.
"In spite of the grand jury's decision today my office will continue to vigorously prosecute those charged with threatening the safety of our police officers," said Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson in a statement made at the time Shearin's case was dismissed.
The mother’s lawyer, Andrew Plasse, said, “It's a shame that a 16-year-old was publicly humiliated for exercising his First Amendment rights."
They're seeking an unspecified amount for damages.
"We'll evaluate the merits of these claims once we are served," said a spokesman with the city Law Department.
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When you make terroristic threats, you get treated like a terrorist. Pretty simple.
gotta love how the law works..
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