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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNY Times: Police Bullets Hit Bystanders, and Questions Rise Yet Again
Wow -- a year after police shot 9 bystanders near the Empire State Building, police open fire in Times Square, and hit two bystanders. The NYPD needs a complete overhaul from top to bottom, as far as I am concerned!
[font size=4]Police Bullets Hit Bystanders, and Questions Rise Yet Again[/font]
[font size=2 color="gray"]By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and J. DAVID GOODMAN
Published: September 15, 2013[/font]
It began as just another bizarre scene in the Times Square area, a disoriented man lurching amid traffic, seemingly throwing himself into the path of oncoming cars.
The police arrived and the crowd grew. The hulking man continued on, ignoring the officers commands while eluding capture. Then the man reached into his pants pocket, withdrawing his hand as if it were a gun, the police said, and pretended to shoot at some of the officers.
Two officers opened fire, discharging a total of three bullets. They missed the man, but struck two women nearby, including one who had been leaning against her walker; the bullet wound to her leg sent her tumbling to the ground. Other officers rushed toward the suspect; a sergeant used a Taser on the man, and he was quickly subdued.
The shooting on Saturday night immediately raised questions about the polices use of deadly force, especially in a crowded area where bystanders were in the line of fire. On Sunday, police officials, including the commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, refused to say if the shooting appeared justified, saying that the circumstances were being investigated.
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[font size=2 color="gray"]By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and J. DAVID GOODMAN
Published: September 15, 2013[/font]
It began as just another bizarre scene in the Times Square area, a disoriented man lurching amid traffic, seemingly throwing himself into the path of oncoming cars.
The police arrived and the crowd grew. The hulking man continued on, ignoring the officers commands while eluding capture. Then the man reached into his pants pocket, withdrawing his hand as if it were a gun, the police said, and pretended to shoot at some of the officers.
Two officers opened fire, discharging a total of three bullets. They missed the man, but struck two women nearby, including one who had been leaning against her walker; the bullet wound to her leg sent her tumbling to the ground. Other officers rushed toward the suspect; a sergeant used a Taser on the man, and he was quickly subdued.
The shooting on Saturday night immediately raised questions about the polices use of deadly force, especially in a crowded area where bystanders were in the line of fire. On Sunday, police officials, including the commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, refused to say if the shooting appeared justified, saying that the circumstances were being investigated.
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NY Times: Police Bullets Hit Bystanders, and Questions Rise Yet Again (Original Post)
markpkessinger
Sep 2013
OP
New York City? That's Bloomburg's town, Bloomburg's cops, Bloomburg's guns, Bloomburg's bullets.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2013
#2
They need to quit opening fire in extremely crowded situations absent a very clear threat! n/t
markpkessinger
Sep 2013
#4
X_Digger
(18,585 posts)1. ...
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)2. New York City? That's Bloomburg's town, Bloomburg's cops, Bloomburg's guns, Bloomburg's bullets.
Bloomsburg's victims.
Someone needs to disarm that asshole.
jsr
(7,712 posts)3. They really need to quit shooting bystanders.
markpkessinger
(8,401 posts)4. They need to quit opening fire in extremely crowded situations absent a very clear threat! n/t