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He didn't run. He simply walked.
It was the NYPD who was on the run, chasing after Ramarley Graham, 18, who -- seconds earlier -- casually closed the door behind him as he entered his home. The surveillance video is dramatic and telling. It is also out. The family released it Saturday afternoon, approximately 48 hours after the shooting.
The video clearly shows Graham walking into his home on East 229th Street in the Bronx Thursday, shortly after 3:00p.m. The NYPD then jump into the screen seconds later. Two officers rush toward the door, with one trying to kick down a locked door. He had no search warrant. Seconds later another officer holds up his gun and aims it at one of the residents who -- coincidentally -- was on the side of the home. A total of four officers are seen on the video.
PIX11 spoke to one resident who, was cooking during the forced entry and said that the NYPD did not identify themselves "...they did not scream police."
The video is high-grade. Its clarity comparable to that of a professional system. The officers are clearly seen desperately trying to break into the house. The damage was evident once PIX11 stepped through the front door --the wood around the locks splintered.
It also shows the NYPD entering through the back and once inside, unlocking the front door. Two officers quickly head inside and the race to Graham is on.
Moments later, landlord Paulette Minzie heard, "boom, boom" while in her third floor bathroom. It was the sound of gunshots. The NYPD then went into her home, put a gun in her face, and searched her room for a gun. They found nothing.
PIX 11 spoke with Minzie at great length Saturday afternoon. Click on the video box to hear in her words and as to why she is living in fear after the shooting. The dramatic video is seen throughout the piece.
Then they detain and interrogate the grandmother of the teen for 7 hours, forcing her to give a statement against her will.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/n...fatal-police-shooting-is-criticized.html?_r=1
After Mr. Graham was killed, Ms. Hartley was taken to the 47th Precinct station house on Laconia Avenue and held for seven hours, said Carlton Berkley, a friend of the family’s who said he had retired from the police force as a detective in the 30th Precinct, in Upper Manhattan. Mr. Berkley added that Ms. Hartley was forced to give a statement about what happened.
“She gave it against her will,” Mr. Berkley said. “She didn’t want to speak to the police.”
Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman, provided a timeline of Ms. Hartley’s interviews with detectives and prosecutors. At 7 p.m., he said, she was “naturally upset but cooperative.”
Mr. Browne said Ms. Hartley spent five and a half hours at the station house. After her lawyer arrived, Mr. Browne said, she gave a recorded statement to prosecutors. She left about 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Mr. Browne said.
Steven Reed, a spokesman for the Bronx district attorney, Robert T. Johnson, said Ms. Hartley “made no complaint” to an assistant district attorney who was at the station house.
Had she made such a complaint, it would have been relayed to the police, Mr. Reed said.
“If the nature of Mrs. Hartley’s complaint is true, it would be highly insensitive,” Mr. Reed said. “Nobody should be forced to give a statement, let alone someone who had just lost a grandson in the way that Mrs. Hartley did.”
On Friday, Raymond W. Kelly, the police commissioner, said he was unaware of any problems regarding Ms. Hartley’s treatment or if she had faced overly aggressive questioning.
“Obviously, it is a very, very traumatic situation for the grandmother,” Mr. Kelly said. “She was present when this happened, and she certainly should have been shown a sensitivity to that issue. I would hope that she was. If not — I didn’t hear about that complaint — but if that’s the case, we’ll certainly investigate.”
Mr. Kelly said that Ms. Hartley was “right there” when the shooting occurred, standing between the bedroom and bathroom doors, but he did not say whether she had a view of her grandson when he was shot. Also in the apartment at the time was Mr. Graham’s 6-year-old brother.
Civilian witnesses to disputed police shootings are not always at hand for the police and prosecutors, and Ms. Hartley’s account is important not only for what she saw but also for what she heard and for any description she might provide about the officers, their demeanor and what they said, and did, before and after the shooting.
He didn't run. He simply walked.
It was the NYPD who was on the run, chasing after Ramarley Graham, 18, who -- seconds earlier -- casually closed the door behind him as he entered his home. The surveillance video is dramatic and telling. It is also out. The family released it Saturday afternoon, approximately 48 hours after the shooting.
The video clearly shows Graham walking into his home on East 229th Street in the Bronx Thursday, shortly after 3:00p.m. The NYPD then jump into the screen seconds later. Two officers rush toward the door, with one trying to kick down a locked door. He had no search warrant. Seconds later another officer holds up his gun and aims it at one of the residents who -- coincidentally -- was on the side of the home. A total of four officers are seen on the video.
PIX11 spoke to one resident who, was cooking during the forced entry and said that the NYPD did not identify themselves "...they did not scream police."
The video is high-grade. Its clarity comparable to that of a professional system. The officers are clearly seen desperately trying to break into the house. The damage was evident once PIX11 stepped through the front door --the wood around the locks splintered.
It also shows the NYPD entering through the back and once inside, unlocking the front door. Two officers quickly head inside and the race to Graham is on.
Moments later, landlord Paulette Minzie heard, "boom, boom" while in her third floor bathroom. It was the sound of gunshots. The NYPD then went into her home, put a gun in her face, and searched her room for a gun. They found nothing.
PIX 11 spoke with Minzie at great length Saturday afternoon. Click on the video box to hear in her words and as to why she is living in fear after the shooting. The dramatic video is seen throughout the piece.
Then they detain and interrogate the grandmother of the teen for 7 hours, forcing her to give a statement against her will.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/n...fatal-police-shooting-is-criticized.html?_r=1
After Mr. Graham was killed, Ms. Hartley was taken to the 47th Precinct station house on Laconia Avenue and held for seven hours, said Carlton Berkley, a friend of the family’s who said he had retired from the police force as a detective in the 30th Precinct, in Upper Manhattan. Mr. Berkley added that Ms. Hartley was forced to give a statement about what happened.
“She gave it against her will,” Mr. Berkley said. “She didn’t want to speak to the police.”
Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman, provided a timeline of Ms. Hartley’s interviews with detectives and prosecutors. At 7 p.m., he said, she was “naturally upset but cooperative.”
Mr. Browne said Ms. Hartley spent five and a half hours at the station house. After her lawyer arrived, Mr. Browne said, she gave a recorded statement to prosecutors. She left about 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Mr. Browne said.
Steven Reed, a spokesman for the Bronx district attorney, Robert T. Johnson, said Ms. Hartley “made no complaint” to an assistant district attorney who was at the station house.
Had she made such a complaint, it would have been relayed to the police, Mr. Reed said.
“If the nature of Mrs. Hartley’s complaint is true, it would be highly insensitive,” Mr. Reed said. “Nobody should be forced to give a statement, let alone someone who had just lost a grandson in the way that Mrs. Hartley did.”
On Friday, Raymond W. Kelly, the police commissioner, said he was unaware of any problems regarding Ms. Hartley’s treatment or if she had faced overly aggressive questioning.
“Obviously, it is a very, very traumatic situation for the grandmother,” Mr. Kelly said. “She was present when this happened, and she certainly should have been shown a sensitivity to that issue. I would hope that she was. If not — I didn’t hear about that complaint — but if that’s the case, we’ll certainly investigate.”
Mr. Kelly said that Ms. Hartley was “right there” when the shooting occurred, standing between the bedroom and bathroom doors, but he did not say whether she had a view of her grandson when he was shot. Also in the apartment at the time was Mr. Graham’s 6-year-old brother.
Civilian witnesses to disputed police shootings are not always at hand for the police and prosecutors, and Ms. Hartley’s account is important not only for what she saw but also for what she heard and for any description she might provide about the officers, their demeanor and what they said, and did, before and after the shooting.
