wheres al sharton on this one??

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Shouting "Get the n----r cop!" a crowd of Halloween hooligans surrounded a black detective in Queens - prompting the officer and two other Finest to swing their nightsticks at the attackers, police said yesterday.

Patrick Rich - one of several teens who allegedly ignited the melee Tuesday afternoon by throwing eggs at the cops' unmarked car - jumped onto the back of Detective Marques Stewart during the fracas, police said.

Stewart, who is black, hit Rich with his nightstick to defend himself, police said, outraging the 17-year-old's nearby mother.

"F--- you, n----r," Patricia Rich allegedly screamed at Stewart, drawing a crowd of about 100 people, who surrounded the detective, a sergeant and another cop on Cross Bay Blvd. near W. 10th Road in Broad Channel.

The plainclothes cops had gotten out of their unmarked car at 4:40 p.m. after the vehicle was pelted with eggs, police said.

The officers, all from the 100th Precinct anti-crime unit, pulled their nightsticks after the crowd refused to disperse and threw rocks and eggs at them while yelling racial slurs, police said.

Cops said video footage taken from four surveillance cameras showed the police did nothing wrong. "The video showed the police establishing order with a disorderly crowd," said NYPD Assistant Chief Mi chael Collins. "It did not show any misconduct on the \[part of the\] police officers."

Patrick Rich, who allegedly attempted to escape cops by wading into Jamaica Bay; his mother; a cousin, Robert Glade, 22, and 16-year-old Nicholas Stack all maintained their innocence at their arraignment in Queens Criminal Court last night.

Patrick Rich was held in lieu of $3,500 bail, $1,000 of which related to his failure to appear for a court hearing on an assault that occurred in Broad Channel on St. Patrick's Day.

Although he gave no details, Assistant District Attorney Mario Karonis told the court, "We find certain similarities between the two cases."

Earlier, Glade's mother, Margaret, insisted the clash with cops had nothing to do with race.

"I went to get a slice of pizza and when I came out I saw this cop. He's got my sister by her hair and he's whacking my sister," said Margaret Glade, who is Patricia Rich's sister.

Robert Glade, who allegedly yelled racial slurs at the cops to incite the crowd, was freed on $1,000 bail. Stack, who's accused of punching Stewart, and Patricia Rich, who was charged with interfering with her son's arrest, were released on their own recognizance. All are to appear at a hearing Nov. 13.

Karonis said all aspects of the case were still being investigated, adding charges against the four defendants might be upgraded.

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WOW...it's incredible...how all these people can be so bold to not only attack police but also to be so ignorant racially!!!
This is the first time I've been made aware of this!!! Has this case been blown up by the media in your area?? I'm in Northern California and haven't heard a word! Maybe Rev Al Sharpton has been made aware of this???
Margaret says this has nothing to do with race....then why did she come out screaming slurs??? Most people who resort to slurs or gender associated name calling are usually not very smart or well rounded...in my opinion!
Why were they released..they did attack cops and incite a riot ???
All we can hope for is that when they do their time....maybe they will run across a few young people out in the yard who are very aware of the incident and take offense to their ridiculous comments!!!
This kind of news breaks my heart....... :(