Top NY fed fights release of cop killer who murdered NYPD’s Eddie Byrne in 1988: ‘Worst of the worst’

The notorious cop killer who ruthlessly executed NYPD Officer Eddie Byrne in 1988 epitomizes the “worst of the worst” and shouldn’t be granted parole, argued Brooklyn’s top federal prosecutor.

US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York John Durham sent New York state parole board members an impassioned letter this week urging them to deny convicted murderer David McClary’s eighth attempt at release.

“Simply put, McClary’s crime epitomizes the ‘worst of the worst,’” Durham bluntly wrote.

McClary shot Byrne five times in the head when the notorious gangbanger and three accomplices ambushed the rookie cop, 22, on Feb. 26, 1988…

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