A Philadelphia police officer was ambushed by a gunman last night while parked in his police car. The officer was hit three times in the arm, but then returned fire and hit his assailant. Both men are expected to survive. Police say the attacker claims to have been inspired by ISIS. John Iadarola (ThinkTank), Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show Podcast), and Jayar Jackson, hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Officials say the suspect in custody for the shooting that seriously injured a Philadelphia police officer has confessed to the crime, saying he did it ‘in the name of Islam.’
Commissioner Richard Ross provided that update during a news conference on Friday afternoon. He said there was no indication from the suspect, 30-year-old Edward Archer of Yeadon, that he was involved in a conspiracy.
Archer allegedly told authorities he targeted an officer because police defend laws that are contrary to the Quran.
Archer had pledged his allegiance to ISIS, officials say. Ross called the shooting “an attempted assassination of a police officer.”
Ross went on to say that Archer “stopped short of implicating anyone else in the attack,” adding Archer was “very evasive.””*
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