Yesterday a Jersey City police officer was tragically killed, after getting into a shootout in downtown Jersey City.
Police describe the shooters as “two individuals armed with long rifles.” They claim that the shooters were in a cemetery, when they were confronted by a Jersey City officer. The suspects allegedly gunned down the police officer, and then calmly drove their van and opened fire on shoppers inside a local Jewish market..
But MTO News has more details. We located audio of the police scanners, immediately after the incident. And according to the police, the shooters are a Black man and woman.
News 4 has identified the couple as David Anderson and Francine Graham. The same report claims that the couple was previously involved with the Black Hebrew Israelites.
LISTEN TO THE POLICE SCANNER HERE – at 25:40
“Give me a rundown of the CCTV”
“We saw 2 shooters get out of the van…. they jumped out and went in”
“Give me a decrib”
“A black male and a black female”
And there’s more. MTO News has learned that chatter on the streets of Jersey City is that the alleged shooters were romantically involved – a Black couple.
And the story is playing out just like the new Lena Waithe movie Queen & Slim. So far it’s not clear whether the killer couple was motivated by the new movie.
Here’s video of police response to the shooters:
In Queen & Slim – which was produced by Lena Waitte and stars Daniel Kaluuya – Slim and Queen’s first date takes an unexpected turn when a policeman pulls them over for a minor traffic violation. The situation escalates, and Slim takes the officer’s gun and shoots him in self-defense.
Queen & Slim are then labelled cop killers in the media, and feel that they have no choice but to go on the run and evade the law. When a video of the incident goes viral, the unwitting outlaws soon become a symbol of trauma, terror, grief and pain for people all across the country.