Public Beer Drinker Pulls Gun on Cop During Arrest

We object to the law prohibiting public drinking as much as the next guy, but one man on Staten Island just took his opposition to another level. On Tuesday night Angel Sostre was enjoying a 40 oz. malt beverage in Stapleton on Staten Island when a cop spotted him and began to issue a summons. Sostre dropped the bottle and explained that he didn’t have ID, at which point the officer announced his intention to arrest Sostre, according to court papers. But then Sostre remembered that he did in fact have identification, in the form of a little .45 caliber friend. "I got my ID right here," Sostre said, according to prosecutors.

But the unidentified officer knocked the gun from Sostre’s hand and arrested him. According to prosecutors, it was fully loaded and Sostre also had three loose bullets in his pants pocket. He was charged with two felony counts of weapon possession, resisting arrest, possessing pistol or revolver ammunition and consuming alcohol in a public place. And the Advance reports that authorities in Thomasville, Ga. have an extradition warrant out for Sostre, on charges of home-invasion burglary and weapon-possession charges

Last week NYPD detectives killed a man who pulled out a gun when asked for ID, so Sostre got off easy by comparison. Shame about the 40, though.

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By John Del Signore in News on April 8, 2010 3:26 PM

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NannyState

Sostre's lucky to be alive. Most cops would have emptied their magazine into him and enjoyed a nice cold one at the end of the day.

inoyourider

Sounds about right.

Lock him up.

virgilstarkwell

"We object to the law prohibiting public drinking as much as the next guy..."

Really? Do you? Do you really think that public drinking (and the drunken-ness that invariable follows) is harmless to society and neighborhoods? Or are you just trying to sound cool and anti-establishment?

wonderchimp5

Have you ever been to a country where public drinking is allowed? There aren't drunkards everywhere, and it's a real treat to walk around and enjoy a brew.

Greenpoint60

40 yrs ago the cop would have shot the fuck

JenChungsBaby

40 ounces ago the guy would have kept his mouth shut.

Greenpoint60

40 years ago we got fresh NYC brewed beer in white cardboard containers at the bar, the cops left us alone.

matty

Ok Jimmy Doyle *rolls eyes*I

JenChungsBaby

Was he drinking Colt .45?

melanarchy

As soon as I read that this happened in Staten Island I lost interest.

UnrepentantFenian

This skell is lucky to be alive. Remember this story the next time you interact with a cop and they are a little touchy. They never know if the person they are talking to is going to try and murder them.

horseplay

Very true, but if the nypd werent known for being a bunch of shit bags they wouldnt have to worry about people trying to murder them. People no longer view the nypd as the good guys anymore. So many people feel the same threat of being murdered by cops as the cops do by them

horseplay

Very true, but if the nypd werent known for being a bunch of shit bags they wouldnt have to worry about people trying to murder them. People no longer view the nypd as the good guys anymore. So many people feel the same threat of being murdered by cops as the cops do by them

JacqueMehoff

there's a lot of mouthy shooters out there.

how bout keep your mouth shut and let the gun do the talking? sorry, HD said the same.

hotstepper

repeater.

Dick Nickel

In for a penny, in for a pound?

handsomedevil

I'm kinda dubious about both of these supercop stories. Perp mouths off with a line straight out of scarface and is disarmed. Next time there will be a karate kick to the torso involved - ya gotta up the ante.