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NYPD car is seen on a street in Manhattan, New York City, United States of America on July 16th, 2024. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel\/NurPhoto via Getty Images) <\/p>\n
BROOKLYN<\/strong> – Jakhi Lodgson-McCray, 21,, is in police custody after allegedly torching 11 marked NYPD vehicles during an anti-Israel protest in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n Alleged arsonist in custody <\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n The NYPD had been searching for Lodgson-McCray for over a month; he allegedly set fire to nearly a dozen marked police vehicles during a pro-Palestinian protest in Brooklyn on June 12.<\/p>\n McCray has now been charged in the Eastern District of New York with federal arson with a minimum of five years’ jail time.<\/p>\n McCray allegedly yelled “free Palestine” as he set fire to 11 NYPD vehicles in a parking lot on DeKalb Avenue in Bushwick. He ignited the fires with firestarters, placing them on windshields, hoods and tires, resulting in over $800,000 in damage.\u00a0<\/p>\n No arrests were made at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n “There is zero tolerance for anyone who attacks the NYPD.”<\/p>\n \u2014 NYPD News <\/p>\n He has a history of protest-related incidents, including vandalizing a statue with red paint at Columbia University in September 2024 and throwing eggs at an NYPD officer during a May 2024 protest in Queens. He also has two prior arrests for resisting arrest.<\/p>\n The Source:<\/b> This article includes information provided by the NYPD.<\/p>\n Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Brooklyn<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article NYPD car is seen on a street in Manhattan, New York City, United States of America on…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":81069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,1121,6082,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-81068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-crime-publicsafety","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}