One of the songs from the Jay-Z and Kanye West collaboration, Watch the Throne, is dedicated to the Pace student killed by Pleasantville police last October. The Journal News reports that on the song "Murder to Excellence, "'This is to the memory of Danroy Henry,' Jay-Z raps after declaring 'Bloody murder, murder, murder.'" (Lyrics.) more ›

Last week, the officer who shot and killed Pace University student Danroy Henry amidst a chaotic Westchester night last fall was honored with the "Officer of the Year" award by his union. Henry's family was understandably upset at the honor, and now, has filed a wrongful death suit against the officer, as well as The Village of Pleasantville. "The pain of losing our son so suddenly is insatiable and not only has his absence changed us forever, but his suffering will always haunt us as well," the family said in a statement. more ›

Last fall, 20-year-old Pace University student Danroy Henry was shot and killed by police after hitting a cop with his car amidst a chaotic Westchester night. In February, a Westchester grand jury ultimately declined to bring charges against the two police officers who fatally shot him. And now, one of those officers has been given the "Officer of the Year" award by his union, and the decision has enraged Henry's parents: "It's consistent with the arrogant behavior and the insensitivity we have received since October 17," said the victim's mother, Angella Henry. more ›

Four Pace University football players who were teammates of slain teammate Danroy Henry had their criminal charges dismissed yesterday...and they now plan on suing police and prosecutors for "false arrest [and] malicious prosecution." more ›

A Westchester grand jury declined to bring charges against two police officers who shot and killed a Pace University student last October. Danroy "D.J." Henry was killed when the car he was driving hit two police officers who had been responding to a rowdy scene at a Thornton, NY restaurant; when Henry did not stop the car, the police officers fired at him. The Journal News reports that the White Plains jury heard from "dozens of witnesses in the past month — including the officers and other occupants of the car Henry was driving." more ›

The parents of Danroy Henry, the 20-year-old Pace University student who was shot and killed by police after hitting a cop with his car amidst a chaotic Westchester night, are planning to sue the suburban towns whose officers were involved in the death. The parents filed a notice of claim, required before suing, against both the town of Mount Pleasant and the village of Pleasantville yesterday for the wrongful death of their son. And they're suing for $120 million. more ›

Last week, a police source leaked the results of the autopsy of 20-year-old Pace University student Danroy Henry, who was shot and killed by police after hitting a cop with his car amidst a chaotic Westchester night. The report allegedly revealed that the underage Henry was legally drunk at the time of the shooting, with a .13 blood alcohol level. But his family and friends do not believe he was drunk, and have criticized that police source: "D.J. was not drunk, not drinking and refusing drinks because he was the designated driver. How our son could have been found to be anything other than sober is perplexing to us and, without any autopsy or the cooperation of the investigators, we must treat this allegation as an intentional fabrication, bad forensic science or an attempt to assault his character," the family said in a statement yesterday. more ›

Local police have been receiving a lot of criticism for the fatal shooting of Pace University student Danroy Henry in Westchester last weekend. Eye witnesses claim that Henry was handcuffed and left on the road for up to 15 minutes without medical attention while medical teams treated a less seriously injured officer at the scene, and students who tried to help him were either Tasered or handcuffed, which police have denied. Now, police sources have revealed another complication in the story: according to the results of the autopsy of 20-year-old Henry, he was legally drunk at the time of the shooting, with a .13 blood alcohol level. more ›

The lawyer for six of the students arrested during last weekends fatal shooting of Pace University student Danroy Henry is calling on federal prosecutors to investigate the case. Attorney Bonita Zelman believes that local and state police agencies currently probing the chaotic events surrounding the shooting “are responsible for the failure to train these officers” who shot Henry. “They can’t run around with guns and Tasers threatening innocent college students...You don’t shoot at a moving car when there are innocent passengers and innocent kids all around the area,” Zelman told the Post. But those local authorities countered many of Zelman and her clients' claims during a press conference today. more ›

More information is coming out about the chaotic night last weekend when Pace University student Danroy Henry was shot and killed by police after hitting a cop with his car. Yesterday, the lawyer for the Henry family said that eye witnesses told him that Henry was handcuffed and left on the road for up to 15 minutes without medical attention while medical teams treated a less seriously injured officer at the scene. Today, the lawyer for six other Pace students is accusing police of brutality, excessive force and wrongful arrest after several of her clients were Tased for trying to aid Henry as he lay dying. more ›

The family of Danroy Henry, the 20-year-old Pace University student who was shot and killed by police after allegedly almost running an officer down Sunday morning, has hired a prominent civil rights attorney to probe into their son's death. "I can tell you that, in New York, it is not normal practice to be drawing a weapon and shooting a vehicle that's moving," lawyer Michael Sussman told LoHud. And witnesses have told him that Henry allegedly was handcuffed and left on the road for up to 15 minutes without medical attention while medical teams treated a less seriously injured officer at the scene. more ›

The NY State Police joined in the investigation of the Westchester police shooting of Pace University student Danroy "D.J." Henry. The 20-year-old football player was killed after a confrontation with police: Mount Pleasant police claimed that a Pleasantville cop knocked on Henry's window, but Henry accelerated, with the cop on his hood, so the cop fired; another police officer fired when Henry drove towards him. But one of Henry's passengers said, "We did nothing to provoke what happened. It was just an unjust situation that we happened to be in." more ›

A Pace University football player was shot and killed by police early Sunday morning in Westchester after running into a cop. Danroy Henry, a varsity defensive football player and junior at the university’s Westchester County campus, was allegedly trying to get away from the "rowdy" scene at Finnegan's Grill in Thornwood, NY. Henry was in his car with two passengers when a cop from Mount Pleasant knocked on the driver’s side window, and Henry gunned his accelerator—plowing into a different cop from Pleasantville. more ›