New Study Reveals NYPD Cops Fired on Unarmed Black Teen 16 Times While He Tried to Surrender

‘Newly-released video undermines New York City police’s claim that a teenager was threatening them with a toy gun when they fired at him 16 times during a December 2013 encounter, the New York Daily News reported.
The footage shows Keston Charles, who was 15 years old at the time, running from officers, then limping, then putting his hands up with no sign of the BB gun he was reportedly carrying, which he allegedly took from a friend during a neighborhood fight and used to threaten another boy.
Charles served 18 months of probation in connection with the incident, and is reportedly trying to obtain his GED.’
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