Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'policeshootings'
May 8, 2008
The NY Times looks at NYPD firearms use between 1996 and 2006, finding that though cops are using their guns less these days, "when they do fire, even at an armed suspect, there is often no one returning fire at the officers. Officers hit their targets roughly 34 percent of the time." The NYPD only recently released the information, which the New York Civil Liberties Union says "raises serious questions about police shooting practices and......
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