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Judge calls out disrespectful suspect accused of attacking cops with hatchet: What did you call me?
Updated 4:26 PM;
Today 3:57 PM
Michael Viola, 22, charged police officers with a hatchet before they opened fire on him, according to the district attorney. He s pictured here in a 2018 mugshot.
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Viola, 23, apparently doesn’t have much respect for the judge on his case, either. He’s been jailed since leaving the hospital after the Dec. 31, 2019 police shooting on Grant Boulevard. Viola is charged with multiple counts of menacing a police officer and weapons possession.
On Thursday, he hoped state Supreme Court Justice Gordon Cuffy might approve a plea deal that would get him out of jail. When that didn’t happen, Viola lost his cool.