A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 30 years in jail Wednesday for stabbing an NYPD cop within the neck and taking pictures two different officers in an ambush in the course of the 2020 George Floyd protests, authorities mentioned.
Former Flatbush resident Dzenan Camovic, 23, was sentenced by Brooklyn Supreme Court docket Justice Danny Chun after pleading responsible in March to 3 counts of aggravated assault on a police officer and different crimes.
On June 3, 2020, Camovic walked as much as cops Yayon Frantz Jean Pierre and Randy Ramnarine on Flatbush Avenue close to Church Avenue, screamed “Allahu akbar!” drew a knife and stabbed Jean Pierre within the neck.
Camovic then rushed Ramnarine and threw his knife at him, the Brooklyn District Lawyer’s workplace mentioned.
Wounded, Jean Pierre fired on the attacker, however tripped and misplaced management of his gun.
Camovic, a Bosnian nationwide, grabbed the firearm and shot Ramnarine within the hand, based on police. He additionally shot one other cop who responded to the scene within the hand.
After the assault, John Miller, then the NYPD’s deputy commissioner of counter terrorism, mentioned it seemed to be terror-related, however authorities turned up no connection between Camovic and worldwide terror teams.
Camovic allegedly informed a hospital employee that he was a “nugatory piece of s—t,” after the failed assassination try.
“I killed two cops and my faith made me do it,” he informed the hospital employee, based on court docket papers filed after the assault.
Camovic had beforehand been sentenced to 30 years in jail on federal expenses, which he’ll serve concurrently to the time in his state case.
Brooklyn District Lawyer Eric Gonzalez applauded the stiff sentence Wednesday.
“It’s a miracle none of those courageous officers had been killed once they had been ambushed, stabbed, and shot by this brazen extremist. We have now no tolerance for violence towards our regulation enforcement colleagues, and this lengthy jail sentence holds him accountable for his wicked and unconscionable crimes,” he mentioned.
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