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It's good to hear the idiots have still taken over NYC

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DOPEY BRONX 'MUGGER' MAKES WRONG CHOICE

By TATIANA DELIGIANNAKIS


May 22, 2006 -- A teenage would-be mugger who picked the wrong target - a cop - was charged yesterday with assaulting the police officer after getting shot in the hand in a struggle over the detective's gun.
Scott Porter, 16, of Washington Avenue in The Bronx, was also charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Police said Porter cracked the off-duty cop over the head with a bottle Saturday night and punched him in the face during a robbery attempt near Third Avenue and East 171st Street in The Bronx.

The cop, who was on his way to visit his mother, pulled out his gun, which went off when the mugger tried to grab it, officials said.



Porter was shot in his left hand. He fled and was treated at Bronx Lebanon Hospital, where doctors called the cops.

The injured cop, a 13-year veteran from the 113th Precinct, received stitches to his head at a nearby hospital and was released.


http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/64097.htm

does holding a bottle count as criminal possession of a weapon these days or was it the act of grabbing the cops gun that counted as criminal possession?

does holding a bottle count as criminal possession of a weapon these days or was it the act of grabbing the cops gun that counted as criminal possession?
Im going with the bottle as he used it as a weapon.

does holding a bottle count as criminal possession of a weapon these days or was it the act of grabbing the cops gun that counted as criminal possession?


holding the bottle. they can get you for just about anything these days.

So, not "dumb" so much as "unlucky".

I'll bet the bottle became a de facto weapon when he used it to hit the cop.