New footage shows the moments before police officers shot and killed 25-year-old Rameek Smith in the Bronx.New footage shows the moments before police officers shot and killed 25-year-old Rameek Smith in the Bronx.
But the shooting also faced further scrutiny by activists who oppose aggressive police tactics because the officers who fired the shots were part of Adams’ new Neighborhood Safety Teams, who are charged with recovering illegal guns and arresting those deemed likely to commit violence. To some, these units are reminiscent of previous squads of plainclothes officers who jumped out of cars to go after alleged criminals and, prompting the prior NYPD administration to eliminate them.
Adams said Smith should have been jailed on that gun charge. And he indicated that the state’s bail reform laws, which prevent judges from holding those who can’t afford bail in jail on certain offenses, were to blame. According to the NYPD account of the incident, on May 10th at about 10:45 p.m. on Bathgate Avenue, two officers together fired 19 shots “during a confrontation with an armed subject.” Smith allegedly fired three shots at the officers with a weapon he was carrying illegally, police
if the footage showed much of anything, the NYPD probably wouldn't've released it
Garbage article with an agenda. I miss actual news.
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