Protests, controversy after NYPD shoots ‘fare evader,’ bystanders, and cop

Lauren Taylor

TENSION IS GROWING OVER A RECENT N-Y-P-D SHOOTING THAT INVOLVED A MAN OFFICERS SAY DIDN’T PAY TO RIDE THE SUBWAY. 

FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN THE INCIDENT … INCLUDING THE SUSPECT, TWO BYSTANDERS AND AN N-Y-P-D OFFICER. 

POLICE ARRESTED 18 PROTESTERS TUESDAY NIGHT … WHO WERE A PART OF A CROWD THAT GATHERED TO RALLY AT AN  “L” TRAIN STATION IN BROOKLYN WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED.

POLICE SAID THEY OPENED FIRE ON DERELL MICKLES ON SUNDAY … AFTER HE JUMPED THE SUBWAY TURNSTILE … AND CHARGED AT POLICE WITH A KNIFE WHEN THEY APPROACHED HIM. 

OFFICERS FIRED NINE ROUNDS TOTAL. 

DEMONSTRATORS CRITICIZED THE NY-P-D’S RESPONSE SAYING OFFICERS SHOULD HAVE TRIED TO DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION … INSTEAD OF SHOOTING MICKLES. 

“What would have happened if I got off the L train and got shot too.. My mom would have been crying bro.. Crying bro. :57 … 1:22 “i hope they do something differently” 

HERE’S WHAT NEW YORK CITY MAYOR, ERIC ADAMS SAID ABOUT THE INCIDENT… 

“He was not shot for fare evasion.. He was shot because he had a knife and went after police officers after repeatedly being asked to put down the knife”

OFFICERS SAID THEY TRIED TO USE A TASER ON MICKLES … BUT THE ATTEMPTS DID NOT WORK. 

MICKLES, ONE OF THE BYSTANDERS AND THE OFFICER WHO WERE SHOT ARE ALL IN STABLE CONDITION.

THE OTHER BYSTANDER … IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

HIS FAMILY IS CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE OFFICERS’ ACTIONS. 

MICKLES IS EXPECTED TO FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES INCLUDING ATTEMPTED ASSAULT AND FARE EVASION.

FOR SAN I’M LAUREN TALYOR.

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