NYPD issues officer safety alert after Brooklyn man's 'cop killings' online threat

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The NYPD has issued an “officer safety alert” in response to an unverified threat by a Brooklyn man against law enforcement officers.

The internal memo was sent to officers Thursday amid protests in New York and other U.S. cities over the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a black man who, while handcuffed, pleaded for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck.

The NYPD alert advises officers that the Brooklyn man named Khaalid Anderson, 26, issued a threat on social media, saying, “Cop killings are gonna be a thing... somebody gotta die.”