Holding signs just outside of City Hall, a small group of 33-year-old Christian Emile’s mourning loved ones said they were rallying to set the record straight.
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The family, friends, and legal counsel of Brooklyn resident Christin Emile said Monday that the NYPD’s account of his shooting death at the hands of police was not accurate.
Holding signs just outside of City Hall, a small group of Emile’s loved ones said they were rallying to set the record straight. Emile, 33, was shot to death on May 12 by police near the corner of 52nd Street and Church Avenue in East Flatbush on Sunday May 12.
At the time Chief of Department Jeffery Maddrey reported that patrolling cops saw Emile point a gun at another person before giving chase and shooting him dead. While speakers at Monday’s rally do not contest that Emile was armed, they did claim that he posed no threat to cops and did not point a gun at anyone.
An autopsy revealed that Emile suffered six gunshot wounds from behind, with one shot penetrating his head.
“I want to be clear that the presence of a gun does not allow an officer to shoot someone in the back six times, particularly when there’s no evidence that the gun will be pointed at anyone, an officer or a civilian,” Public Advocate Jumaane Williams said.
Advocates at the press conference cite body-worn cameras and surveillance footage released by state Attorney General Letitia James and state that their actions were egregious and deadly.
When reached for comment, an NYPD spokesperson maintained that its narrative about Emile’s shooting was true, claiming that he menaced the public with the gun.
“Officers then deployed a Taser striking the individual. The male subsequently gets up after being tased and continues to run still holding onto the firearm. Officers give commands for the male to drop the firearm at which point officers discharge their firearms striking the male,” a police spokesperson…
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