NEW YORK - The NYPD says a man has been arrested after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at officers when they pulled him over for running a red light in Brooklyn on Saturday morning.According to authorities, police pulled over a car just before 8 a.m.
in East Flatbush after the driver ran a red light.When officers approached the car and began speaking with the driver, the driver threw a chemical at the officers and sped off.Authorities said the man sped off and then suddenly stopped, tossed the Molotov cocktail at the officers, before fleeing a second time.
He later crashed his car and was arrested. An additional Molotov cocktail was found inside the vehicle, according to Police Chief Rodney Harrison."Fortunately, our officers weren’t.
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