By Colin Mixson
New York Daily News
NEW YORK — A large cardboard box overflowing with NYPD uniforms was abandoned near Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, cops said on Thursday.
A 911 call led police to the box containing department pants, shirts, jackets and hats on a roadside in the 66th Precinct around 8:39 p.m. Tuesday, cops said.
Video posted online shows officers taking uniforms from the box at 37th St. and Ninth Ave. in Borough Park and stuffing them into plastic bags.
🚨🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS 🗞️ NYPD find boxes of Police uniforms pic.twitter.com/pG0pYLwW3h
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The “blues” were taken to the 66th Precinct stationhouse for safekeeping, police said.
The unusual discovery fueled speculation online, with one X user noting the find nearly coincided with Mamdani’s swearing-in at midnight Thursday morning.
“This was not smart to do … these uniforms could be used in future attacks on the city,” Derick Brough commented on X. “They [police] could have articulated their disgust with mayoral selection in other ways.”
Similarly, another poster also saw a possibly sinister motive behind the curious occurrence.
“They’re definitely not from a walk out [by protesting cops],” X user Anthony commented. “Looks more like a foiled terrorist plot or something.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
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