AG eyed 11 cases of cop-shoot vics
THE STATE attorney general’s office has investigated nearly a dozen cases where a police officer shot and killed an unarmed civilian over the past two years, leading to charges being brought against one NYPD cop, according to a report released Thursday.
In a 23-page study from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office laid out the 11 cases handled by its Special Investigations and Prosecutions Unit. The division was created after Gov. Cuomo signed an order appointing the attorney general as special prosecutor in certain police-related deaths.
Six of those 11 cases remain under investigation — including the July 4, 2016, shooting of 37-year-old Delrawn Small in East New York, Brooklyn. Off-duty police officer Wayne Isaacs faces manslaughter charges, accused of shooting Small during a fit of road rage.
The open cases also include the Nov. 2 death of Ariel Galarza, 49, who died after an NYPD sergeant Tased him twice in his Bronx home.
Galarza was holding a bottle of hot sauce when a neighbor thought he was an emotionally disturbed person with a knife and called police.