yes it certainly does it sounds like the risk of these copycat attacks has increased for sure cone assman in the german town of hala tonight with the latest thank you. argin a reminder now to top stories that we are following for you germany s interior ministry calling that shooting in eastern germany today an anti-semitic attack 2 people were killed in the eastern city of hama when an attacker opened fire outside a synagogue and at a nearby shop police have arrested a man importantly a white german man with neo nazi views and turkey has launched is expected military offensive in northern syria turkish president richard how you appear to one tweeted that the turkish army has begun operation peace spree against kurdish militias the secretary general of nato member turkey is a member of nato has urged restraint by. you watching the news live
challenge us or make us think differently. warner brothers, which is only by warner media said in their statement it is not their intention to hold this character up as a hero. no one should sensor themselves because they don t feel like the message of the movie was for the masses. if that was the case, you wouldn t have any art. but movie goers may have the final say at the box office. cnn, los angeles. joining us now to talk more about this, movie critic brian lowery. first up, the joker movie hit theaters this week despite a wave of criticism that it glorifies a killer and could encourage copycat attacks. what is it about this character in particular that is disturbing and has people fearing violence? well, i think there s a fair
right there because the defendant posted it himself. this is something police can increasingly use as a tool. you can arrest them but how do you keep them in custody? if it is a valid threat and meets all the elements of the crime, there is a strong case for keeping them in custody. for how long? pending tried. once tried, they can be convicted and sentenced. more and more threats but a substantial step or a firearm, especially the federal penalties for illegal firearms are so harsh, you can expect years and years behind bars. let s talk about the warning the fbi is putting out about the potential copy cat attacks. what are they doing to prevent these quote/unquote inspired attacks?
disrespecting police have surfaced. these attacks are escalating. the new york post reports. chunk of concrete, bottles thrown at nypd cops in separate incidents. attacks like these have moved from new york state gop to lawmakers to proposed legislation making it a felony to dumping water on cops. some democrats are trying to stop it. joining me is bernie kerik. what this does, it emboldens these guys that go out and do this stuff. they see it on video. there s copycat attacks. we re seeing it not only in new york city. in new york city we ve seen a number of them. the new york city cops have laid back. they re afraid of the mayor. they re concerned they ll never
surfaced. these attacks are escalating. the new york post reports. chunk of concrete, bottles thrown at nypd cops in separate incidents. attacks like these have moved from new york state gop to lawmakers to proposed legislation making it a felony to dumping water on cops. some democrats are trying to stop it. joining me is bernie kerik. what this does, it emboldens these guys that go out and do this stuff. they see it on video. there s copycat attacks. we re seeing it not only in new york city. in new york city we ve seen a number of them.s the new york city cops have laid back. they re afraid of the mayor. they re concerned they ll never been supported by the mayor.