PBA Perv Ploy
Bid to Keep '73 Cop Killer Jailed
By PHILIP MESSING
January 17, 2008 -- The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office
and the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association will ask a judge today
to classify a convicted cop-killer as a dangerous sexual predator,
sources said.
Shu'aib Raheem, 58, was found guilty of murdering Officer Stephen
Gilroy during a Jan. 19, 1973, robbery at John and Al's Sporting
Goods in Williamsburg.
Two other cops were wounded during the 47-hour siege, in which
a dozen hostages were held at gunpoint, according to trial testimony.
Sentenced to 25 years to life, Raheem has been denied parole five
times.
A parole board voted in November to free him, but his release
date was postponed after The Post detailed how the decision to
let him go was made without hearing any victim-impact testimony.
Although Raheem was not convicted of sexual offenses against children,
he was found guilty of first-degree kidnapping and, because two
of his dozen hostages were under 17, he is now subject to the New
York state Sex Offender Registration Act, sources said.
"We are hopeful that Raheem's status under [SORA] will make
him an even less desirable candidate for parole," said PBA
President Patrick Lynch.
philip.messing@nypost.com
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