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Anti-police social media postings have spawned a wave of arrests across the United States in recent days, after the double murder of two New York Police Department officers on Saturday was revealed to be predated by an ominous internet threat.

Individuals in New York, New Jersey, and Colorado were apprehended by law enforcement on Monday this week for making web postings purported to advocate killing cops, local networks reported. That same day, police in Massachusetts announced they are pursuing criminal charges against a man who wrote the term “put wings on pigs” on his personal Facebook page – a reference to a social media post that prefaced Saturday’s double homicide.

Devon Coley, 18, was arrested by police in Brooklyn on Monday and arraigned on a charge of making a terroristic threat after posting on Facebook a cartoon of a gunman opening fire at a patrol car alongside the phrase "73Nextt,” believed to be in reference to a nearby police precinct.

Thirty miles away, authorities in Tinton Falls, NJ arrested Matthew Reardon, 29, and charged him with threats against police for writing on his own profile: "Don't wanna get clipped while sitting in your squad car?? Don't be a (expletives deleted) pig who's looking to get killed…Everyone who goes out of their way to (expletive deleted) with other people should get executed in cold blood.”

In Colorado Springs, CO, 33-year-old military vet Jeremiah M. Perez was caught by police and later arraigned for posting online, among other threats, “VETERANS WILL KILL RETIRED HELPLESS COPS."

The three arrests were all made on the same day in the wake of a tragic incident that occurred in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday afternoon in which Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, fatally shot two NYPD officers before turning the gun on himself. Police later learned that, hours earlier, Brinsley posted a photo of the suspected murder weapon on his Instagram account with the caption, “I’m going to put wings on pigs today. They take 1 of ours…Let’s take 2 of theirs #ShootThePolice #RIPErivGardner [sic] #RIPMikeBorwn This may be my final post.”

http://rt.com/usa/217435-social-media-police-threats/

New York (CNN) -- Seven men have been arrested in connection with alleged threats made toward police officers since Saturday afternoon, when two NYPD officers were shot in the head from behind while sitting in their patrol car, New York City police said.

Police said in a statement Wednesday that they have assessed hundreds of online postings and calls to 911 and pressed the public to continue to report any suspicious activity.

"All threats against members of the NYPD are taken seriously and are investigated immediately to determine the credibility and origin of the information," the statement read.

The arrests come as an investigation is underway into Ismaaiyl Brinsley, the 28-year-old who authorities say shot Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos in Brooklyn.

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Also Wednesday, a 41-year-old was arrested on charges of aggravated harassment and making terroristic threats after he allegedly called into the 84th precinct -- where Liu and Ramos had been stationed -- and, requesting to speak to Ramos, asked whether the bullets had been removed from the dead officer's head so "he could kill more cops," police spokeswoman Sophia Mason confirmed.


Also Wednesday, a man was arrested on weapons and drug charges after he was overheard threatening to kill cops while talking on his cell phone inside a bank in Queens, according to the NYPD.

Of the seven arrests, according to police, three stemmed from postings made on social media and two came on misdemeanor charges of false report incident, in which the suspects allegedly called into 911 -- reporting threats made by a third party that were later debunked. One arrest was made after the suspect phoned in a direct threat to 911.

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In a tweet Thursday, Mayor Bill de Blasio thanked the police department and the civilian who saw something and said something: "Thank you to the NYPD officers who today arrested a man who threatened to kill cops, and to the good samaritan who provided key information."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/25/us/new-york-police-threats-arrests/