Judge unseals info in road-rage slaying by cop

A Brooklyn judge has unsealed the court records needed for the internal disciplinary trial of NYPD Officer Wayne Isaacs, who shot a man dead during a road-rage clash in 2016.

The decision by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun comes a few months after the family of the shot man, Delrawn Small (inset top), accused the judge of slow-walking the case to protect the officer from firing.

Isaacs (inset below) was acquitted of murder and manslaughter in 2017, and the documents in his trial were sealed after the verdict.

The Civilian Complaint Review Board substantiated an excessive-force complaint against Isaacs in October 2020, and the NYPD announced three months later that Isaacs would face an internal trial.

That agency trial, in which he’ll be prosecuted by the CCRB, has yet to take place, and Isaacs remains on the police force.

The CCRB filed its motion to request unseal the criminal case records in October 2021, and submitted formal documents arguing the motion in April.

“On Friday, Judge Chun made the right decision to unseal the records from Officer Isaacs’ criminal trial, but it should not have taken months of us going to the media and New Yorkers calling his office to demand he make a decision,” Small’s siblings, Victoria Davis and Victor Dempsey, said in a statement Tuesday. “As long as Officer Isaacs remains employed by the NYPD, he is a threat to public safety. We cannot wait any longer.”

Small’s family joined activists and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams in a protest outside Brooklyn Supreme Court in November.

Isaacs shot Small, 37, during a road-rage clash near the corner of Atlantic Ave. and Bradford St. in East New York, Brooklyn, just after midnight on July 4, 2016.

Small, who was unarmed, crossed two lanes of traffic to confront Isaacs in his car. Almost as soon as he reached Isaacs’ window, the officer shot him three times, striking him in the chest.