The family of a Hofstra University student accidentally killed by a police officer during a hostage crisis has filed a wrongful death claim against the Nassau County Police Department.
A rookie police officer shot and killed 14-year-old suspect, who was previously charged with attempted murder, during a confrontation in the Bronx early Sunday.
The judge said the assistant district attorney made an accidental mistake to grand jury, which voted to indict Officer Richard Haste on manslaughter charges in the death of Ramarley Graham.
The judge said the assistant district attorney made an accidental mistake to grand jury, which voted to indict Officer Richard Haste on manslaughter charges in the death of Ramarley Graham.
The family members of a 16-year-old shot and killed by police nearly two months ago say they plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit against New York City Wednesday.
Authorities are investigating a police-involved shooting in East Orange, New Jersey, in which officer fired on a man who approached him with a machete.
The incident, in Bronwnsville, comes on the heels of the deadly police shooting of a 16-year-old boy in East Flatbush two weeks ago that left the community reeling and led to several violent protests.
The family of Reynaldo Cuevas says the criminal justice system has failed them. They are frustrated with a Bronx attorney's decision not to take the case to a Grand Jury.