Policemen Attacked In The U.S. And France

This afternoon in Brooklyn, New York, a gunman shot and killed two policemen in what has been called an "execution", before killing himself.  According to the New York Post:

Two uniformed NYPD officers were shot dead Saturday afternoon as they sat in their marked police car on a Brooklyn street corner — in what investigators believe was a crazed gunman’s execution-style mission to avenge Eric Garner and Michael Brown.

The gunman had also allegedly shot his girlfriend in Baltimore earlier today.

Meanwhile in France, a man entered a police station in Joue-les-Tours and attempted to attack the police there with a knife, while shouting "Allahu akbar".  He injured three policemen before being shot dead.  Read more at Weasel Zippers.

UPDATE:  According to the New York Daily News, the shooter in New York has been identified as Ismaaiyl Brinsley.