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Related: About this forum6 arraigned in Hempstead courtroom brawl
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (WABC) -- Six men were arraigned Saturday in connection with a wild courtroom brawl in Hempstead, Long Island.
The pushing and shoving began inside the courtroom hallway Friday morning and then spilled outside.
Two court officers were injured in the melee and taken to the hospital.
It happened during the arraignment of Pedro Merchant.
The 20-year-old is accused of shooting 17-year-old Dante Quinones to death on a street in Hempstead last week.
Read more at http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/long_island&id=9255961
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6 arraigned in Hempstead courtroom brawl (Original Post)
hrmjustin
Sep 2013
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Loudly
(2,436 posts)1. And it all started with a gun.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)2. Too many guns here in this state.
gopiscrap
(23,733 posts)3. Get rid of the guns
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)4. I agree. I would love to get rid of as much as we can.