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  • Mayor Bloomberg fuming over Plaxico shooting: Throw the book at him

    12/01/2008 11:41:39 AM PST · by Jersey Republican Biker Chick · 84 replies · 1,973+ views
    New York Daily News ^ | 12/01/2008 | FRANK LOMBARDI
    A fuming Mayor Bloomberg said Monday he wants Giants player Plaxico Burress prosecuted "to the fullest extent of the law" for accidentally shooting himself in his leg with an illegal handgun. The mayor also called on prosecutors to throw the book at officials of the Giants and New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell for reportedly not alerting police about the shooting immediately, as required by law. The incident reportedly occurred early Saturday inside the crowded LQ nightclub in midtown. Sources said the loaded gun Burress was packing slipped down his pants leg and went off as he fumbled to grab it....