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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUnarmed Man Is Charged With Wounding Bystanders Shot by Police Near Times Square
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/nyregion/unarmed-man-is-charged-with-wounding-bystanders-shot-by-police-near-times-square.htmlAn unarmed, emotionally disturbed man shot at by the police as he was lurching around traffic near Times Square in September has been charged with assault, on the theory that he was responsible for bullet wounds suffered by two bystanders, according to an indictment unsealed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Wednesday....
The shootings once again raised questions about the police use of firearms in crowded areas and drew comparisons to a shooting a year ago, when officers struck nine bystanders in front of the Empire State Building when they killed an armed murder suspect.
Initially Mr. Broadnax was arrested on misdemeanor charges of menacing, drug possession and resisting arrest. But the Manhattan district attorneys office persuaded a grand jury to charge Mr. Broadnax with assault, a felony carrying a maximum sentence of 25 years. Specifically, the nine-count indictment unsealed on Wednesday said Mr. Broadnax recklessly engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of death. ...
Mariann Wang, a lawyer representing Sahar Khoshakhlagh, one of the women who was wounded, said the district attorney should be pursuing charges against the two officers who fired their weapons in a crowd, not against Mr. Broadnax. Its an incredibly unfortunate use of prosecutorial discretion to be prosecuting a man who didnt even injure my client, she said. Its the police who injured my client.
The shootings once again raised questions about the police use of firearms in crowded areas and drew comparisons to a shooting a year ago, when officers struck nine bystanders in front of the Empire State Building when they killed an armed murder suspect.
Initially Mr. Broadnax was arrested on misdemeanor charges of menacing, drug possession and resisting arrest. But the Manhattan district attorneys office persuaded a grand jury to charge Mr. Broadnax with assault, a felony carrying a maximum sentence of 25 years. Specifically, the nine-count indictment unsealed on Wednesday said Mr. Broadnax recklessly engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of death. ...
Mariann Wang, a lawyer representing Sahar Khoshakhlagh, one of the women who was wounded, said the district attorney should be pursuing charges against the two officers who fired their weapons in a crowd, not against Mr. Broadnax. Its an incredibly unfortunate use of prosecutorial discretion to be prosecuting a man who didnt even injure my client, she said. Its the police who injured my client.
No picture, but I went to college with a woman whose surname was Broadnax. She is African American.
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Unarmed Man Is Charged With Wounding Bystanders Shot by Police Near Times Square (Original Post)
KamaAina
Dec 2013
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Th1onein
(8,514 posts)1. The arrogance of these people is astounding.
Fire the cops, then put them behind bars where they belong.
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)2. The DA and Police are the criminals in this case
All I can do is hope an honest judge hears the case. Sending the DA and guilty officers to jail would be a bonus.