Protests erupt after NYPD shooting of man armed with knife that also injured 2 bystanders
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New Yorkers took to the streets in protest this week as the NYPD released body camera footage of a police shooting involving a subway fare-evader armed with a knife that drew heavy public criticism.
New Yorkers took to the streets in protest this week as the NYPD released body camera footage of a police shooting involving a subway fare-evader armed with a knife that drew heavy public criticism. Four people were shot in the Sunday incident that started when a man jumped the subway turnstile – evading the $2.90 fare – in front of two transit patrol officers standing guard of the Brooklyn subway entry point. Police say the two officers chased Derrell Mickles, 37, onto the subway platform, where they then confronted the knife-wielding man and repeatedly ordered him to drop his knife before the interaction escalated when Mickles refused to comply. In bodycam and surveillance video of the incident edited and released by the NYPD Friday, a man, identified by police as Mickles, is seen entering a subway train car that pulls into the station during the confrontation in an apparent attempt to evade police. The officers unsuccessfully deploy their tasers before chasing him back onto the subway platform. After a brief pursuit along the subway platform, Mickles finds himself cornered, flanked by two officers. He abruptly halts, and then video shows the officers discharging their weapons multiple times in his direction, causing Mickles to collapse into the subway car. Police say officers only fired their weapons after Mickles charged at them.
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