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Being a cop just got a little more dangerous LAPD Officers Shot At In “Unprovoked” Attack Via NYDailyNews Los Angeles cops were on edge Monday after two men allegedly opened fired on a marked police car in an “unprovoked” ambush Sunday night. The gunfire erupted around 9:30 p.m. in South Los Angeles while two officers were responding to an unrelated radio call in their black and white patrol car, police said. “It was unprovoked. They were literally just driving down the street,” LAPD Officer Liliana Preciado told the Daily News. “We don’t know the motive at this point,” but there’s a sense of “uneasiness,” she said. “Everyone in the department understands what is going on, especially with what happened in New York,” she said. “Everyone is on alert. Everyone has been told to cover each other and watch each other’s back.” NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were “assassinated” in their patrol car in Brooklyn Dec. 20 by a man who previously declared open season on cops in twisted threats on social media. The shootings in Los Angeles and New York came after months of protests related to the high-profile deaths of unarmed black men Michael Brown and Eric Garner at the hands of police. The release of an autopsy for Ezell Ford, an unarmed and mentally ill black man shot and killed by police in South Los Angeles last August, heightened tension Monday. Killing cops is NOT the way to get justice. We’re all frustrated, but citizens vs. police just ain’t the way. Image via AP Continue reading →