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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

NYPD Officer Charged In Shooting Of Unarmed Man

NEW YORK – A New York Police Department officer has been indicted in the shooting in February of an unarmed man who was pursued into his Bronx home amid a crackdown on street corner drug dealing, according to a law enforcement official.

Officer Richard Haste, 30, is to surrender Wednesday morning to face manslaughter charges in the death of 18-year-old Ramarley Graham, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the indictment hadn't been made public.

The NYPD declined to comment. Prosecutors in the Bronx also refused to discuss the outcome of a lengthy investigation; Haste testified before the grand jury for three hours.

The officer's lawyer, Stuart London, said Tuesday he would reserve comment until any indictment is unsealed.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

No gun, no drugs.
Just a paranoid criminal with a badge trespassing and murdering.
Par for the course anymore.

Anonymous said...

No way.

Anonymous said...

And in front of his grandmother as well as brother I believe it was. Sickening.

Anonymous said...

I am ashamed of the police department for ther participation in torture. 7 hours of kneeling was needless and would cause permanent knee damage. Our administration is telling Arabs that protesting is democratic and they should follow suit of the Citizens of the United States. Well , obviously, after reading all the feedback from the " free " citizens of the United States, I would say that the freedome we and the Arabs are told about and their reality is too different things. The policing agencies of the United States are directly involved in beating , torturing and killing the citizen's of the United States, as well as racketeering ( running a private security business out of the policing agancies - According to the Grand Jury in the State of Washington, running any business out of the policing departments is considered racketeering ), and hiring ( criminal cops ) police that have been previously arrested and or sued for previously murdering someone while in custody. This problem goes further than isolated incidents of personal torture. Our policing departments are racketeering and criminal. Yet The United States ignors the cries of the citizens of the United States and continues to tell the world that protesting is democratic.