Brooklyn, NY – The New York Police Department says security video backs up claims a man killed by officers threatened people with what appeared at the time to be a gun.
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The video released Thursday shows Saheed Vassell aggressively pointing an object at pedestrians that turned out to be an L-shaped piece of pipe.
Five officers responded to three 911 calls from a Brooklyn neighborhood on Wednesday about a man with a silver handgun. Police say four officers fired 10 rounds at Vassell after he crouched and pointed the object at them.
A tense crowd gathered after the shooting, with some people shouting at officers.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a news conference that the shooting was “a tragedy by any measure.” He said Vassell had “a profound mental health problem.”
Seems they release the video pretty quickly when it shows the killing is justified.
I don’t know why a special prosecutor has been appointed to look into this matter?. When the cops shot and killed a frum man in Borough Park in 1999, who had a hammer, and was not lunging at them, there was never a special prosecutor appointed.