N.Y. disbars lawyers who threw Molotov cocktail at police car during George Floyd protests[
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N.Y. disbars lawyers who threw Molotov cocktail at police car during George Floyd protests
By David Thomas
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November 15, 2022 4:19 PM EST Last Updated 2 days ago
Nov 15 (Reuters) - Attorney regulators in New York on Tuesday disbarred two lawyers who pleaded guilty to throwing a Molotov cocktail at an empty city police car during protests over George Floyd's death.
New York's Appellate Division, First Department said Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman qualified for automatic disbarment based on their guilty pleas in June.
Although the court's order was released Tuesday, it retroactively dated the start of their disbarment to June 2, when Mattis and Rahman admitted in Brooklyn federal court to conspiracy to commit arson and possess an explosive device.
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