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Five thugs indicted in slain cop Peter Figoski’s ‘murder’

Meet “murderers” row.

The five lowlifes accused of brutally killing Brooklyn cop and father of four Peter Figoski were hauled into court together yesterday and slapped with murder indictments.

As Figoski’s grief-stricken daughters and parents made final arrangements for his wake and funeral, the quintet of cuffed creeps kept their mouths shut as about 200 cops watched them being paraded into Brooklyn Supreme Court.

Two overflow rooms were set up to accommodate the somber throng of officers, some of whom hugged one another.

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Accused triggerman Lamont Pride, 27, glanced at a news photographer in the front of the courtroom — then turned to look stone-faced at Figoski’s fellow officers, who jammed the room’s pews.

Alleged cohort Nelson Morales, 27, arrogantly sauntered into the courtroom. But the coward kept his eyes down as a prosecutor announced that a grand jury had handed up murder charges that could send him and his four fiendish friends to prison for life.

The Post has learned that Morales — who allegedly orchestrated the robbery-gone-bad in the basement apartment at 25 Pine St. in Cypress Hills — is the nephew of the landlord of that building. Police have said it was a 911 call from the landlord that brought cops, including Figoski, racing to the scene early Monday.

Morales allegedly posed as a good Samaritan aiding the pot dealer his group had just robbed and tortured when two cops arrived ahead of Figoski.

Suspect Michael Velez, 21, the group’s alleged getaway driver, nervously glanced around the courtroom, where a handful of the defendants’ relatives were dwarfed by the police turnout.

Sources yesterday said that up to three of the defendants are on suicide watch in jail.

“It’s a terrible case. It’s heartbreaking,” said Velez’s lawyer, Marvin Weinroth, as nearly two dozen grim-faced court officers stared at the defendants.

In an awkward offering to Figoski’s memory and to the grieving family and Finest, Weinroth said, “The police in the city of New York are heroic and brave, and I appreciate everything that they do.”

Several cops in the overflow room glanced at one another and rolled their eyes when they heard Weinroth’s words.

Judge Desmond Green wasted no time remanding all five defendants, who are due back in court Tuesday to enter pleas.

Figoski’s hero partner, Glenn Estrada, who chased down and captured Pride, stayed away from the hearing, as did the slain cop’s daughters, because they are bracing for an extremely emotional weekend of wakes and, finally, Figoski’s funeral Monday, sources said.

But the slain, decorated veteran’s comrades from the 75th Precinct were out in force.

“We were here to show our support,” one cop said. “I knew him well. He was a great guy, and this is just so sad. We’ll be here until these guys are convicted.”

Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch excoriated the defendants, who “decided, above all, that they wanted to get away and they would kill a New York City police officer to do it.”

If Pride’s illegal 9mm pistol hadn’t jammed after he shot Figoski, Lynch said, “he would have kept pulling that trigger and killed every police officer that came to the scene.”

Back at the murder scene, an investigator used a cherry picker to look on the second floor of 25 Pine St. for the bullet that killed Figoski, 47. It has yet to be found.

Meanwhile, in a Babylon, LI, funeral home, Figoski’s family viewed his body before today’s wake and reviewed a video photo montage that will run during the wake today and tomorrow.

Mayor Bloomberg, on his WOR radio show, said members of Congress who oppose stricter gun-control laws should come to Figoski’s funeral Monday.

“If you could get Congress to come and sit with me in this church on Monday,” Bloomberg said, “wouldn’t it be wonderful if they finally got some understanding and in memory of this officer said, ‘We can’t bring him back, but we’re going to make sure his kids and parents are protected by getting guns off the streets, out of illegal hands.’ ”

Additional reporting by Jamie Schram, Larry Celona, Kevin Fasick, Ikimulsia Livingston and Selim Algar