A request for money for a tobacco purchase was the trigger , the station manager says . When Nassau County police arrived on site , the man attacked one of the officers , according to a spokesman for the 8th precinct in Levittown . One man shouted , ` ` You aliens are ... out of my life , '' Erdaogan ##g says . The pole of the station 's American flag was used as a weapon , he says .
A request for money for a tobacco purchase was the trigger , the station manager says . One man shouted , ` ` You aliens are ... out of my life , '' Erdaogan ##g says . The pole of the station 's American flag was used as a weapon , he says .