Mayor Bill de Blasio has reappointed Judge Laura Johnson to the bench. Johnson sparked controversy after she released Devon Coley without bail after he made death threats against the NYPD on Facebook. Photo: AP; Dan Brinzac
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Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered another blow to New York’s Finest on Wednesday when he reappointed a Brooklyn judge who freed without bail two men who threatened cops just days after the Bed-Stuy double police assassination.
The stunning decision came even as one of the suspects — a gang member charged with posting police death threats online — skipped a court date and had a warrant out for his arrest, sources said.
Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Laura Johnson had faced a midnight expiration of her term. She was appointed by then-Mayor Mike Bloomberg in January 2013.
http://nypost.com/2014/12/31/de-blasio-re-appoints-set-em-free-brooklyn-judge/
De Blasio reappoints judge who freed men who threatened cops
By Laurel Babcock, Kirstan Conley and Bruce Golding
New York Post
December 31, 2014 | 5:37pm
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