3 Men Arrested for Allegedly Threatening to Kill Hartford Cops

HARTFORD, CT - City police have arrested three people since Sunday who have allegedly threatened to harm officers, NBC Connecticut reported.

With tensions still prevalent from the recent massacre of five Dallas police officers, verbal threats are not being taken lightly.

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One man said Sunday he would kill an officer talking to him inside the police department. Another man was arrested Tuesday night on Farmington Avenue after wandering in traffic yelling he was going to kill cops, and a third man in police custody at Hartford Hospital Wednesday said he would shoot an officer in the face and put bombs in police cars, the station reported.

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