A Queens man overheard at a bank talking about killing cops vowed to unleash another attack on the NYPD before Christmas, adding that the next victim should be white — for maximum impact.
“They should have killed two white cops, instead of a Hispanic and an Asian, if the guy really wanted to send a message,” Elvin Payamps, 38, allegedly said while talking on his cell phone inside a TD Bank branch in Middle Village, Queens, on Wednesday.
"I’m going to kill another cop,” he said, according to prosecutors. “Another cop should be killed before Christmas. It should be a white cop.”
Payamps, sporting a gray hoodie, was arraigned Thursday on charges that include weapon and pot possession, aggravated harassment and criminal impersonation. He did not speak during the brief appearance.
“He was one step away from making good on his word,” prosecutor Talia Seidel said in court of Payamps’ alleged vow to kill a white cop, arguing that bail be set at $1 million.
