'' Time '' magazine wrote on August 23 , 1926 : Last week Detective John Singer of Manhattan arrested a buck Negro for stealing a car , bought him some sandwiches and coffee , took him to Police Headquarters . It was hot . Officer Singer removed his coat , sat down to fill out the prisoner 's pedigree card . Suddenly Negro Pierce snatched a revolver from Officer Singer 's hip pocket , shot him three times to the death , escaped . One Kuku , a witness , was the only other person in the room . Later Murderer Pierce was captured in the Bowery after a taxicab chase . He told the police : " I shot the detective ; I 'm sorry . " Manhattanites were shocked . John Singer was the sixth police-man to be killed on duty since January 1 , 1926 ; eleven others had been shot , merely wounded . Police Commissioner George V. McLaughlin emitted a soothing statement : " We are getting all the bad breaks so far . The police are making splendid arrests , but the luck is against them . " George , as president of the Brooklyn Trust Company brought Walter O'Malley into the financial arrangements for Ebbets Field in 1940 . In 1947 he was awarded an honorary degree from Fordham University . He was a delegate to the 1952 Democratic National Convention for the 17th District . McLaughlin was a member of Robert Moses 's Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
1952 Democratic National Convention
1952 Democratic National Convention
George Vincent McLaughlin